El-Sayed has also repeatedly claimed to hold dual citizenship with Egypt, although his campaign now denies these assertions. The discrepancies between his birthplace and his public rhetoric were highlighted in recent reports by journalist Chuck Ross and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
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Abdul El-Sayed Claimed Immigrant Status in 2017 Convention Speech
US Politics7 days ago
A Michigan native born in 1984 has a history of making public claims that contradict his legal status as a natural-born U.S. citizen. Abdul El-Sayed describes himself as an 'immigrant from North Africa' in a recording from the 2017 Michigan Democratic Convention, marking the third documented instance of him asserting a non-U.S. birth status.
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