El-Sayed may be 'full-blown communist' despite socialist denial: top Republican

Michigan’s highest-ranking House Republican is crying foul on Abdul El-Sayed's claim that he is not a socialist.

"If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck," House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., told Fox News Digital. "So maybe he's not a socialist. Maybe he's a full-blown communist."

El-Sayed, a former public health official, scored an upset victory for Democrats' leftmost flank in Michigan's Senate primary earlier this month.