Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘Are you circumcised? blunder could cost Dems — and create greater party fracture

During a live interview on his show, Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, “So you think it’s OK for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off?”

August 25, 2026 10:01 AM ET Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed asked Fox News host Jesse Watters point-blank Monday if he was circumcised. El-Sayed asked the question as they debated whether trans-identifying children should be permitted to undergo sex change procedures during a segment on “Jesse Watters

Abdul El-Sayed Asks Jesse Watters If He's Circumcised In Bonkers Exchange  HuffPost

The deeply personal question came after Watters asked the progressive Democrat whether he supports gender-affirming surgery for minors

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (aka Abdul El-Sayed) suggested to a group of supporters last year that America creates terrorism.

Lindsay James, a Presbyterian minister running for Congress in Iowa, supports "gender-affirming care" like puberty blockers and sex-change operations for children who identify as transgender, calling the procedures "medically necessary" and "lifesaving."