NBC’s Tom Llamas grilled Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over the growing controversy over his family’s alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Democratic Michigan Senate candidateAbdul El-Sayedgot into a tense exchange with a reporter on Wednesday as his claim about having no family connections to the Muslim Brotherhood draws scrutiny.

On “NBC Nightly News,” El-Sayed was pressed about social media posts made byhis half-sister Eman Abdelhadi, alleging their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the 1970s after he denied there were any family connections to the controversial Islamist group during an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.”

“Can you just explain it?” anchor Tom Llamas asked after reading some of Abdelhadi’s posts.

ABDUL EL-SAYED’S ALLEGED FAMILY TIES TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SURFACE AFTER DENYING ANY LINK DURING NBC INTERVIEW

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed had a tense exchange with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas over allegations his family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

“It’s funny to me,” El-Sayed responded. “I was born in 1984 down the street in Rochester Hills. I was raised here in Michigan, went to the University of Michigan, rebuilt the health department in this city, led the health department in this county — and you want to ask me about what’s happening in Egypt in 1970? Are you serious?”

“I get it, but you were asked a question, and you gave an answer,” Llamas responded.

“I have no ties, we have no ties,” El-Sayed doubled down.

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The Democratic hopeful told Llamas he hadn’t had conversations with his mother about her alleged Muslim Brotherhood activity and accused the anchor of using “hearsay evidence from a tweet.”

“But you’ve also gone after the president for truthfulness and when people ask you a question, do you expect the truth?” Llamas then asked.

“Are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?” El-Sayed fired back.

“I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking,” Llamas responded.

“And I’m telling you that I was not,” El-Sayed told him.

Fonte: Fox News