CBS reporter deletes post calling out El-Sayed on 'spectacular self own' on Muslim Brotherhood question

CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford deleted an X post that appeared to attack Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to a question on the Muslim Brotherhood.

During a town hall on Saturday, El-Sayed responded to a voter named Tommy who asked him whether he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood after reports about El-Sayed's to the organization.

"Sure," El-Sayed said. "Yeah, absolutely. But I want to ask the question that you're asking: Why are you asking the question?"

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This led to El-Sayed accusing Tommy of assuming that he held "dual loyalties" because of his Muslim background.

"Why would you actually think that about me? Why would you actually think that? Why would you? Have you asked everybody in your life if they disavow them [the Muslim Brotherhood]? So why are you asking me?" El-Sayed said.

El-Sayed later shared a clip of the interaction with his followers.

"This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his," El-Sayed wrote.

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Crawford was initially critical of El-Sayed's response, suggesting that Tommy succeeded in "triggering" the candidate.

"Tommy, thank you. I had to watch this twice to catch Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's nanosecond 'yeah absolutely' response. His subsequent uninterrupted three-minute diatribe proving your exact point is the kind of spectacular self own most ppl only dream about triggering. Congrats," Crawford wrote.

By Sunday, however, Crawford deleted the post, adding in another post that it was a "violation" of her network's standards.

"Earlier, I tweeted a video from an Abdul El-Sayed town hall. I deleted that tweet because it was a violation of CBS News standards. I apologize," Crawford wrote.

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The initial post sparked backlash from pundits and analysts on the left, several of whom called for Crawford to be fired.

"No Jan — you got caught red handed trying to help prop up a paid GOP operative who was there to spread false, racist lies about Abdul because he is Muslim. Shame on you," Democratic consultant Karen Finney replied to Crawford.

"She SHOULD be fired, but it's CBS news, so she'll get promoted," progressive commentator and Democratic strategist Ketih Edwards wrote.

"This woman endorsing a GOP operatives smear campaign against @AbdulElSayed is apparently a straight news CBS reporter. This is what David Ellison paid for. This is what Bari Weiss delivered," Zeteo CEO Mehdi Hasan posted.

A CBS News spokesperson cited Crawfords statement and declined to comment further.

Curtis Houck, managing editor of media watchdog NewsBusters, told Fox News Digital that those calling for Crawford to be fired over the post "need to grow up."

"The double standard is glarin