'That is sick stuff': Watch Abdul El-Sayed get hammered for likening sex changes for kids to circumcision * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs
The candidate defended leaving minors’ healthcare decisions to doctors and parents during a Fox News interview.
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TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates WorldNetDaily, where this article appeared. The other scores rate the article itself.
WorldNetDaily identifies an author and presents direct interview excerpts, but the article uses highly partisan, sensational framing and relies heavily on selected clips and social-media posts rather than independent reporting. The publisher has no site-provided rating here, so the score reflects those visible limitations and its opinionated presentation.
- Source type — Recorded interviews and direct quotations provide some source material, but the article mainly selects and recounts clips.
- Editorial standards — Sensational wording and partisan framing weaken confidence in the publisher’s presentation.
- Author attribution — A named author is listed.
- Transparency — The article identifies interview sources and links social-media material, but offers limited independent corroboration or context.
The article includes direct quotations from the interviews and identifies the speakers, but gives little independent context or corroboration. Its selection and framing of the exchanges are strongly one-sided.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes El-Sayed’s own words, but its narration and selection emphasize criticism of him, without comparable contextual reporting or responses from other sources.
- Loaded language — The headline and narration use sensational and critical language.
- Counterarguments presented — El-Sayed’s position appears in direct quotations, but the article does not provide broader context or additional perspectives on the healthcare issue.
- Source diversity — The article mainly recounts Fox News interviews and embeds social-media posts.
- Omitted context — The piece provides little independent context for the policy debate or the interview excerpts.
The article frames El-Sayed’s remarks with repeated ridicule and sensational language, while drawing on selectively presented interview clips and social-media posts. Its framing strongly favors criticism of the Democratic candidate.
- Language tone — The headline and body use inflammatory phrases such as “hammered,” “sick,” and “wacky.”
- Framing — The report emphasizes confrontational exchanges and presents them as damaging to the candidate.
- Source selection — The account relies on selected interview clips and social-media posts, with little additional context.
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WorldNetDaily reports that Abdul El-Sayed defended leaving minors’ healthcare decisions to doctors and parents during a Fox News interview, prompting host Jesse Watters to call his position “sick” and “wacky.”
WorldNetDaily recounts a Fox News interview in which host Jesse Watters asked Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed whether he supported sex-change procedures for minors. El-Sayed said healthcare decisions should be made by a doctor, parents and the patient, and compared the argument over government involvement with circumcision; Watters challenged the comparison and called El-Sayed’s position “sick” and “wacky.”
The article also revisits El-Sayed’s prior interview with Will Cain, including his criticism of ICE and his argument that immigration law is civil, as well as a discussion involving President Donald Trump. It reports that El-Sayed said Sharia law was no different from Christian canon law.
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5 OUTLETSEl-Sayed defended parents’ and doctors’ role in decisions about medical care for minors during a Fox News interview, comparing circumcision with gender-transition procedures. The comparison drew criticism. Right-leaning outlets frame the comparison as a source of criticism, with some focusing on the televised exchange and others extending their critique to El-Sayed’s broader positions.
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