Abdul El-Sayed says performing irreversible sex-changes on kids as benign as circumcision
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, who identifies as a socialist, has likened irreversible sex-change procedures performed on children to being as benign as circumcision.
In an interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters Monday night, El-Sayed suggested that prescribing body-deforming drugs to minors and castrating teens for life was akin to circumcision.
When Watters asked El-Sayed if he supported “sex changes for minors,” the DSA-backed candidate responded by saying that he's had “great conversations with my conservative friends about right to try legislation.”
Clarifying that he was referring to “the idea that the government shouldn’t tell you what kind of healthcare you should have,” El-Sayed accused the Fox News opinion host of trying to “put government inside” people’s healthcare decisions.
Noting that El-Sayed is also a doctor, Watters pointedly asked the candidate if he thought it was “OK for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off.”
“Do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?” El-Sayed inquired of Watters.
“A circumcision’s different than castration,” Watters replied.
El-Sayed pushed back, accusing Watters of thinking he alone has the power “to decide what happens between a parent, a doctor and a patient.”
Watters then pressed El-Sayed on whether he thought “men should play in women’s sports.” El-Sayed responded by changing up the conversation, saying he's “interested in getting money out of politics, putting money in your pocket and passing Medicare for All.” His non-answer prompted Watters to accuse him of “filibustering.”
After the two engaged in additional crosstalk, El-Sayed finally responded by saying: “The decision of who gets to play what sports ought to be decided by the people who govern sports. I’m running for U.S. Senate.”
El-Sayed characterized the focus on trans-identified athletes seeking to overtake women's sports as an “insane” and “silly” concern, adding that he would rather focus on “the healthcare crisis and big pharma.”
The Democratic candidate has received extensive media attention for his progressive views leading up to and after he won the party's primary for the Senate seat in one of the country's biggest battleground states.
In one instance, he compared his rise to Jesus.
During an appearance on “The Progressive Christians Podcast” in May, one of the show's co-hosts referred to El-Sayed’s position in favor of Medicare for All and opposition to war and “corporate money and influence in politics” as being "similar to the teachings of Jesus."
After expressing disappointment that his policy positions were being described as “radical,” El-Sayed said, “Jesus, peace and blessings be upon Him, was considered radical in His time too. There is a radical nature to being willing to stand forthright in a time of corruption.”
Medicare for All is a major plank in El-Sayed's campaign platform. Other aspects of his platform include abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and tuition-free college. El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for the Senate seat in Michigan with endorsements from the progressive advocacy organizations Our Revolution PAC and Progressive Democrats of America.
Public opinion polling for the Senate race in Michigan points to a close race. The RealClearPolitics average of polls measuring voter intentions in the race between El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers shows El-Sayed narrowly leading by 0.7 percentage points.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
