“And you did apologize for that. But it took you a while to. It took about five months to seemingly understand why that landed wrong with people and voters and constituents. You know, do you think that leaders have a responsibility to challenge the extremist views in their own religion, especially considering you're the first Muslim senator of the United States?”

Sara Haines · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Haines pressed El-Sayed on the five-month delay before his apology and asked whether leaders have a responsibility to challenge extremist views in their own religion.