Cruz Tells Hannity a Senate Intelligence Seat Would Give El-Sayed Access to Classified Material He Might Share With "Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists"

On Fox News’s “Hannity” on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) referenced El-Sayed’s recent appearance on Meet the Press, where El-Sayed denied having connections to the group, Mediaite reported. Cruz said: “I believe this man is Muslim Brotherhood.”

Cruz then described a scenario in which, as NewsBusters transcribed it, “Chuck Schumer could place Abdul El-Sayed on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He would have access to the very highest level of classified materials.” He continued that there would be an unacceptably high risk to servicemembers and covert intelligence assets because “there’s every reason to believe Abdul El-Sayed would share that classified information with Muslim Brotherhood terrorists.”

Fox News’s video page for the segment carries the description: “Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, expresses concern over Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s beliefs and discusses Texas’ midterm outlook on ‘Hannity.’” The quoted text is the NewsBusters transcription (which includes “there’s”; Mediaite’s version omits it); the Fox video itself was not transcribed here.

Context: the segment aired after El-Sayed’s answer at the Caro town hall (2026-10-17–caro-town-hall-questioner-tommy-identified-as-former-hawley-operations-director-thomas-teepell) and after Cruz’s podcast statement (2026-10-14–cruz-verdict-podcast-says-el-sayed-win-poses-unprecedented-national-security-risk).