What brought the younger Teepell to the small town of Caro and his viral moment with El-Sayed? An October 2nd story in the University of Michigan student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, revealed that a conservative PAC called America Next offered College Republicans $200 to travel to an upcoming El-Sayed town hall in Flint to “boo” him and ask him inflammatory questions—hoping to spark embarrassing viral moments for the candidate.
“If you don’t know, I asked Abdul a tough question during his last town hall meeting, and it generated a VERY negative news cycle for him,” one member wrote in a Michigan College Republicans GroupMe chat, according to the Daily. “We are going to coordinate questions to ask him and spread out to increase the chances we’re called on. We’re gonna boo him. We’re gonna show everyone that ABDUL IS NOT WELCOME IN THE SENATE.”
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who’s close to Sean Feucht.
Bobby Jindal! Fuck.
Ghost of republican response past
Tommy was a plant?! Tommy came armed with “Do you support the Muslim Brotherhood?” and got taken apart.
(Unfortunately, it may already be working: CNN’s coverage of the moment featured a terrible headline suggesting El-Sayed’s disavowal was the news, rather than his compelling defense of the Constitution.)
BILLIONAIRE NEWS
CNN needs to try harder, I can make a worse headline.
Alleged Terrorist Abdul El-Sayed Disavows Terrorist Group after discussion with Christian in FAQ.
He had to stand there for 5 minutes getting dressed down. My god, what a chode
Future Congressman Chode
Abdul shut that loser up real fast
Tommy didn’t stand a chance.
Tommy thought words were just some kind of incantation; say predefined fix words and the magic happens.
El-Sayed just taught Teepell that words instead are a conduit for critical thinking and communication. Teepell kept trying to say the incantation to have the effect he wanted, and nothing happened except Teepell getting verbally walked over for his own stupidity.
