# US Congresswoman Nancy Mace calls Muslim officials a ‘threat’ to the US

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-10 19:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/10/us-congresswoman-nancy-mace-calls-muslim-officials-threat-to-us?traffic_source=rss

> US Representative Nancy Mace described Muslim officials as a threat to the United States. Her comments came after Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan and prompted a clash with CNN’s Omar Jimenez. The exchange centered on remarks characterized as Islamophobic. The episode has drawn attention to Mace’s language and the confrontation that followed.