Dan Bongino raised alarms about Michigan Senator‑elect Abdul El‑Sayed, calling him a “national security threat” and urging that he be kept out of classified briefings. The comments came on The Dan Bongino Show and were highlighted by PJ Media, according to The Gateway Pundit’s write‑up.
“National security threat,” Bongino says
“Folks, we have a national security threat in the United States Senate,” Bongino said on his show, per PJ Media as cited by The Gateway Pundit. He argued El‑Sayed should not receive national security briefings and pointed to what he called “family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood,” an allegation Bongino labeled “beyond disturbing.”
Bongino also said, “I’m concerned, and you should be, too,” and warned voters who backed El‑Sayed “to teach the Republicans a lesson” that they’re “about to get a lesson, and good and hard,” according to the same accounts.
El‑Sayed’s election‑night remarks
The Gateway Pundit reports Bongino played audio from El‑Sayed’s victory speech, which included: “My name is Abdurrahman Muhammad El‑Sayed, and I am so proud and honored to stand here as your Senator‑elect from the great state of Michigan.”
As quoted in the Gateway Pundit post, El‑Sayed continued: “So Mike [Rogers], enjoy your retirement. JD, habibi, there is this delicious irony in the fact that you’re constitutionally obligated to swear me in January. Donald, look, I know, you struggled with my name, so after JD swears me in January, you can just go on and call me Senator.”
Clip shared by Bongino Report
The Gateway Pundit notes that Bongino Report posted a video clip on November 4, 2026, captioned, “Michigan just elected a national security THREAT to the Senate… just listen to how Abdul El‑Sayed began his ‘victory speech.’”
What remains unconfirmed
This report relies on The Gateway Pundit’s account and PJ Media’s characterization of Bongino’s commentary, along with a Bongino Report post. The allegation of “family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood” is Bongino’s claim; no independent documentation is provided in the source material. El‑Sayed’s response is not included in the cited reporting.
