INTRO: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers (R) is running a tight race against Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (ELL syy-EDD) (D)… who the G-O-P accuses of having connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. The New York Times reports he signed an open letter to the Brotherhood in 20-12. Rogers (R) tells Fox’s “Hannity,” his platform is a threat to Christianity in America.
ACK: Mike Rogers – Michigan Republican Senate nominee
***MANDATORY CREDIT: “Hannity” on Fox News***
TAG: That letter encouraged Egypt’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Morsi to “purge the media and police” of those who supported the past dictatorship. Morsi belonged to a political party representing the politcal wing of the Muslim Brotherhood before his government was overthrown by Egypt’s current president
KEYWORD: Politics, International, Legal, Crime
