“As an assistant professor at Columbia University, Abdul El-Sayed said he held dual U.S.-Egyptian citizenship. El-Sayed is now running for a Michigan Senate seat, and his campaign says that was a mistake—he’s not an Egyptian citizen and never has been,” the Washington Free Beacon reports.
Democratic Candidate Once Claimed Egyptian Citizenship
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