WASHINGTON — Republican Senate hopeful Mike Rogers slammed his Democratic foe Abdul El-Sayed as a “con man” for describing himself as a doctor — despite not having a medical license.
Rogers accused El-Sayed, who calls himself a “doctor,” of leaving voters with the impression that he practiced medicine despite never doing so outside of an internship.
“Well, he’s not really a doctor. He says he’s a physician,” Rogers scoffed. “[As a] matter of fact, if somebody came into his office and he tried to treat that patient, he’d go to jail.”
“Listen to this guy and what he’s trying to sell here today,” the GOP contender went on. “You’re going to find out that this guy is not what he says he is. He is actually selling the best con I think I’ve ever seen.”
El-Sayed pointed out, as he has in the past, that he obtained a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The former public health official also attended the University of Michigan Medical School.
The only evidence that he had hands-on experience treating patients was a four-week internship stint he did at a hospital in Manhattan, according to Politico.
