Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show

Thomas Teepell, who worked for Republican senator, demanded El-Sayed disavow Muslim Brotherhood

A man who heckledthe Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and demanded he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a Michigan town hall is a former aide to the Republican senator Josh Hawley, according to congressional staff records.

At the event on Saturday, an attender who gave his name only as Tommy" shouted from the crowd, asking whether El-Sayed would disavow the movement. El-Sayed answered: Sure, yeah, absolutely," then turned the question around, asking whether the man assumed he wouldn't.