Abdul El-Sayed Wants to See Bill Maher 'Get His Ass Whooped' on TV

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed expressed a desire to appear on comedian Bill Maher's show "Real Time" not just to engage with Maher's audience, but to see the host "get his a-- whooped" by a Muslim.

During an interview with Chuck Todd, El-Sayed stated that he would be willing to appear on Maher's or Joe Rogan's shows, despite their espousing what he considers to be "terrible" beliefs. El-Sayed articulated that his motivation would be to confront Maher directly on his platform.

"You know how many terrible things Bill Maher has said about people like me?" El-Sayed said. "Terrible, awful things. Of course, he's still got his show on Comedy Central, and everybody seems to be perfectly okay going on that show despite the fact that he said deeply terrible things."

He continued, "But you know who else would go on that show? I would go on that show. You know why? A: I wanna give people the image of watching him get his a-- whooped on his own show by a guy who prays like I do. And I'd also go on the show because I want to convince the people who watch his show, right, that a lot of the things that he says, just not viable."

Maher, in response to El-Sayed's remarks, invited the Michigan Democrat onto "Real Time." "It’s not people like you, I would love to have you on, sir, by the way," Maher stated. "And I hope we can make that happen. I talk about Islam. It’s never personal, and it’s never about race. It’s about ideas. Religion is an opinion. That’s all religion is: a group of thoughts that form an opinion of something. I have different views on what, you know, how women should be treated and things like that, that we will discuss. I hope you will accept our invitation."

El-Sayed has previously used aggressive language toward his Republican rival, Mike Rogers, in the Michigan Senate race. Last month, El-Sayed challenged Rogers to a game of tackle football, suggesting it as an alternative to a debate.

"Since you’re too afraid to debate me, how about you ‘hold me accountable’ on a football field instead," El-Sayed wrote on X at the time. "Tackle, no pads like we used to play when we were kids. I’d be happy to show you [how] much I love football."

Rogers dismissed the challenge, calling it "unserious" and out of step with the actual issues facing voters. "I think that is so unserious. You think about what the problems are here. People are facing this affordability [sic] credit. He wants to thump his chest and show how macho he is, and he spends a lot of time talking about high school. This is not about high school," Rogers said.