BS BULLETIN:
- Abdul El-Sayed defended keeping government out of medical decisions involving minors during a fiery Jesse Watters interview.
- Then he asked Watters: “Are you circumcised?”
- Watters fired back: “Circumcision is different than castration!”
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed went on Fox News promising Jesse Watters a “good, wholesome conversation.”
Well.
🚨MUST WATCH: ABDUL EL-SAYED THROWS HIS SUPPORT BEHIND SEX-CHANGE SURGERIES FOR MINORS 🚨
ABDUL: “Circumcision is surgery on a kid’s Ding-a-Ling.”
WHAT!?
“That is SICK STUFF, ABDUL” pic.twitter.com/4KLDuJsaeB
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) August 25, 2026
We can debate the “good” part. But “wholesome” officially left the building when the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate asked Jesse Watters on national television whether he was circumcised.
And believe it or not, there was actually a political argument behind the question.
The nearly 30-minute interview Monday night was combative from the start, with Watters pressing El-Sayed on everything from immigration and ICE to taxes, Iran, the Second Amendment and Colin Kaepernick. El-Sayed repeatedly tried to steer the discussion toward affordability, President Trump’s war with Iran and Republican Senate opponent Mike Rogers.
Then Watters got to transgender medical procedures involving children. “Sex change for minors. Do you support that?” Watters asked.
El-Sayed responded, “I just think the government shouldn’t tell you what kind of healthcare you should have.”
The physician and former Detroit health director expanded on the answer, invoking past conservative support for Right to Try laws: “I remember having great conversations with my conservative friends about Right to Try legislation — the idea that the government shouldn’t tell you what kind of health care you should have. I just think the government shouldn’t tell you what kind of health care you should have, and if you’re a minor, it’s between you and your doctors —”
Watters cut in: “You want to try on kids?”
El-Sayed kept going. “Now, if you disagree with that, if you disagree with that, if you disagree that health care decisions need to be made by a doctor and parents and the patient, then I think we just agree to disagree, but, you know, you want to put government inside a clinic or a hospital —”
That’s when Watters decided to dispense with the medical-policy language. “So Abdul, you’re a doctor, right?”
“I am,” El-Sayed replied.
“So you think it’s OK for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off?” Watters asked. “You think that’s OK?”
And THAT is when this particular Senate interview went someplace few Senate interviews have ventured before.
“Do you really want to have this conversation?” El-Sayed shot back. “Are you circumcised?”
Yes. The Democratic nominee for Senate in one of the most important battleground states in America had just asked Jesse Watters about Jesse Watters’ private parts.
“Yeah, but I mean that’s a personal question, doctor,” Watters answered.
El-Sayed apparently thought he had found his counterexample.
Watters wasn’t buying it. “Circumcision is different than castration!”
“I’m just saying that yes, circumcision is surgery on a kid’s ding-a-ling,” El-Sayed responded.
The point El-Sayed was trying to make was that conservatives were being selective about which medical procedures involving children they believe government should regulate. Watters’ assessment was considerably less clinical. “Abdul, Michigan’s not going for that,” he said. “That is sick stuff.”
El-Sayed isn’t some random activist appearing on cable news to rack up social-media clips. He is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan after defeating establishment favorite Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary.
He now faces Republican Mike Rogers in November in a race that could help determine control of the Senate. President Trump has endorsed Rogers and responded to El-Sayed’s primary victory by calling it “great news for the Republican Party.”
Watters actually gave El-Sayed some credit at the end of the interview for showing up and taking the questions. But even THAT came with a warning.
“I respect the fact that you came on,” Watters told him. “I don’t think you’ve really looked into some of the policies you’re pushing. You seem a little naive, Abdul. I give you credit for facing the music, but some of the stuff’s just straight up wacky. I don’t know if that’s going to fly in Michigan, but we’re going to find out.”
We certainly are.
MY QUICK TAKE:
I have watched a lot of political interviews in my life. “Are you circumcised?” was not on my Senate-candidate bingo card.
But strip away the comedy for a second and look at what El-Sayed was actually arguing. Watters asked the Democratic nominee for Senate whether he supports sex-change procedures for minors. El-Sayed’s response wasn’t a firm “no.” Instead, he argued government shouldn’t be making those medical decisions and reached for circumcision as his comparison.
Watters immediately handed Republicans what may become the easiest campaign commercial Mike Rogers never had to pay a consultant to dream up: “Abdul, Michigan’s not going for that. That is sick stuff.”
DBS WIRE SOURCES:
- New York Post — El-Sayed asks Watters if he is circumcised
- Mediaite — Watters-El-Sayed interview takes bizarre turn
- The Independent — Full circumcision exchange and Watters’ closing remarks
- Israel Hayom — Watters and El-Sayed clash over procedures for minors
