Sanders says GOP rhetoric about El-Sayed "should appall" Americans

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According to reporting by CBS News US Politics, Sen. Bernie Sanders, who's supported El-Sayed's campaign, specifically referred to comments made by Republican surrogates, including President Trump and GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas

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Washington — Sen. Bernie Sanders decried some of the rhetoric from Republicans in the Michigan Senate race, as the GOP has leaned in heavily on attacks on Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed's ethnicity and religion.

"That level of racism, overt absolute racism, is frankly disgusting and should appall every decent American," Sanders said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ."

Sanders, who's supported El-Sayed's campaign, specifically referred to comments made by Republican surrogates, including President Trump and GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas . Republicans have called El-Sayed a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, and implied that electing him could even be deadly to Americans. El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim senator, has denied any connection to the Muslim Brotherhood and condemned the comments. The Trump administration earlier this year designated certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups.

Sanders said, "What Cruz and Trump and Vance and others are saying is disgusting."

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Information in this article was compiled directly from records provided by CBS News US Politics. Access the primary source document at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-abdul-el-sayed-campaign-republican-rhetoric/. Reporting and editorial review conducted by the USA NOW News Desk.