{"id":658189,"date":"2026-08-26T17:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=658189"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:06:40","slug":"jessica-tarlov-offers-curious-defense-of-el-sayed-he-seemed-like-your-average-college-bro-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=658189","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Tarlov offers curious defense of El-Sayed: He seemed like your average college \u2018bro\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica Tarlov took the unsurprising position of normalizing Abdul El-Sayed following the Democrat\u2019s interview with Jesse Watters.<\/p>\n

She had a very different takeaway than most people did following the interview. Either that, or she\u2019s creating a pitch for a new PR firm and is trying to show off her ability to spin better than anyone else.<\/p>\n

Watch:<\/p>\n

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Jessica Tarlov spins for El-Sayed: Says he just \u201cseemed like a bro who went to the University of Michigan\u201d in disaster interview with Jesse Watters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was all very effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mopping up this mess is a hard job. She\u2019s not good at it. pic.twitter.com\/HfO4b9DoTL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI mean, I would say, I think if the narrative the right was going with is that Abdul El-Sayed is a terrorist, or terrorist-adjacent, he just seems like a bro who went to the University of Michigan. And that\u2019s exactly how they want to present it; the campaign does; they want to speak about his ties to Michigan,\u201d Tarlov said, adding, \u201cI think it was all very effective, along those lines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, she didn\u2019t seem to want to address some of the wilder parts of the interview, including the moment that the candidate asked Watters whether he was circumcised<\/a>. The question came up during a conversation about child sex changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think it\u2019s okay for a parent to slash their kid\u2019s ding-a-ling off?\u201d Watters asked. \u201cYou think that\u2019s okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?\u201d El-Sayed responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, yeah, but I mean, that\u2019s a personal question, doctor! Circumcision is different than castration,\u201d the host pointed out.<\/p>\n

X users weighed in on Tarlov\u2019s take:<\/p>\n

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Tarlov is what\u2019s the words?<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah a vacuous indoctrinated tool and product of our uber Leftist higher education system who\u2019s never had an original thought in her life.<\/p>\n

Her \u201carguments\u201d are incoherent liberal narrative talking points.<\/p>\n

She has all the \u201ccredentials\u201d and I\u2019d\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 LegioInvictus (@LegioInvictus24) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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After several election cycles of Democrats trying to connect with men (especially young men) and failing miserably, the fact that Tarlov thinks that El-Sayed \u201cseemed like a bro\u201d is very telling. She clearly has no idea what a \u201cbro\u201d is.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Byron Hickox (@byron_hickox) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019m a girl who went to the University of Michigan, and there\u2019s nothing bro about him. It\u2019s hilarious that the democrats, who thought Tim Walz was the epitome of an American red-blooded male who could help Kamala Harris, now think that Abdul is the way. \"\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 HonoluluMaizeandBlue (@bluegrl90) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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amazing anyone thinks \u201cbeing a bro who went to U of M\u201d is a good thing.
\nbecause who really likes frat boys in the first place? other idiot terminal preppies. & maybe their girlfriends.
\nand do you even know about the U of M\/State rivalry? it literally splits the state in half.<\/p>\n

\u2014 stephanie cameron (@khemo5) August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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