Conservatives In Disbelief Over Democrat's Answer: "One Of The Craziest Things I've Ever Heard A Politician Say" Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing backlash after suggesting that concerns over transgender students in girls' sports and locker rooms are so-called manufactured political issues.
The controversy erupted after El-Sayed appeared on CBS's "60 Minutes," where correspondent Ross Douthat pressed him about parental rights and transgender students participating in school sports. El-Sayed attempted to turn the tables on Douthat, questioning the premise of the question instead of directly answering whether biological males should be allowed in girls' locker rooms.
"I don't know that that's actually true," El-Sayed responded when Douthat suggested competing rights were involved. "I think we manufacture these social issues." Democrat Nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed was asked about transgenders being allowed to use locker rooms with girls when i