2026-08-05 美国东部时间下午6:07 / 福克斯新闻
一名听证会证人表示，在美国运作的伊斯兰恐怖网络不能仅因其“在政治上令人不适”就被忽视
作者：亚历克·舍梅尔 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年8月5日 美国东部时间下午6:07 | 更新时间：2026年8月5日 美国东部时间下午7:13
WATCH: 民主党因抵制美国境内伊斯兰恐怖主义听证会遭猛烈抨击
得克萨斯州联邦参议员、共和党人泰德·克鲁兹称，听证会场民主党席位空无一人是“耻辱”，并指责他缺席的同僚拒绝直面有关穆斯林兄弟会据称在美国境内建立网络的证据。
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民主党议员在周三的参议院司法委员会小组听证会上缺席，跳过了一场关于穆斯林兄弟会据称在美国境内建立网络的听证会，并遭到了得克萨斯州联邦参议员、共和党人泰德·克鲁兹的严厉斥责。
“大家可能注意到，主席台民主党一侧的席位是空的，”克鲁兹在听证会开场时指出，该小组委员会的所有民主党议员都拒绝出席。“美国民众应该问问自己，为什么少数党没有一名成员认为一场关于恐怖主义的听证会值得他们花费时间？这真是耻辱。”
克鲁兹将民主党人的抵制与阿卜杜勒·赛义德的初选胜利联系起来，认为此次听证会的时间安排有助于解释为何没有民主党议员出席。克鲁兹指责该党支持一名曾与左翼流媒体主播哈桑·皮克尔一同竞选的候选人。
克鲁兹援引了皮克尔此前“美国理应遭受9·11袭击”的言论，并向证人询问赛义德的崛起对民主党方向意味着什么。
哈桑·皮克尔猛烈抨击“仇视伊斯兰的垃圾”民主党人，赛义德面临党内团结考验
“阿卜杜勒·赛义德——几个穆斯林兄弟会团体主要成员的女婿——赢得了密歇根州联邦参议院民主党初选。此次听证会的时机恰到好处。这或许就能解释为什么没有民主党人到场，也没有人打算出席，”克鲁兹说。
“因为他们的竞选活动现在公然拥抱与美国开战的恐怖组织。”
（左起）罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔顿·怀特豪斯、佛蒙特州民主党参议员彼得·韦尔奇、夏威夷州民主党参议员马齐·希罗诺、加利福尼亚州民主党参议员亚历克斯·帕迪拉和康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔。背景为2021年约旦与约旦河西岸边境附近的穆斯林兄弟会支持者。（盖蒂图片社）
该小组委员会的五名民主党议员——罗德岛州参议员谢尔顿·怀特豪斯、康涅狄格州参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔、夏威夷州参议员马齐·希罗诺、加利福尼亚州参议员亚历克斯·帕迪拉和佛蒙特州参议员彼得·韦尔奇——事先宣布不会出席。议员们在一份联合声明中指责克鲁兹策划了一场“政治闹剧”，将穆斯林美国人作为替罪羊。
“将穆斯林作为替罪羊，或许是德克萨斯州共和党战略家用来煽动选民的‘绝佳’手段，但民主党无意参与这场政治闹剧，尤其是在近期针对宗教场所的暴力事件发生后，”他们说。“我们的关注点是猖獗且无休止的特朗普腐败给普通家庭带来的代价。”
布卢门撒尔周三单独告诉记者，民主党拒绝出席是因为这场听证会“很可能被用作一场反穆斯林、仇视伊斯兰的作秀审判”。
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这位康涅狄格州民主党议员补充说，他计划与穆斯林社区成员会面，这些人对穆斯林兄弟会表示担忧，称其“似乎是一个恐怖组织”，同时倡导“宽容与包容”。
康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔于2023年1月24日在华盛顿特区美国国会山举行的新闻发布会上发言。（曼德尔·恩/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
当被问及议员们为何选择抵制而非出席并直接质询证人时，怀特豪斯和韦尔奇的办公室将福克斯新闻数字频道引向了联合声明。截至发稿时，希罗诺和帕迪拉的办公室尚未回应。
克鲁兹和听证会的证人驳斥了民主党将此次听证会描述为对穆斯林整体的攻击的说法。
劳拉·伯恩斯是一名退休的联邦调查局特工，曾牵头对曾是美国最大穆斯林慈善机构的圣地基金会开展恐怖主义融资调查。她警告称，美国人不应因为证据在政治上存在争议就忽视它。
一份监察长报告显示，联邦调查局特工曾被敦促避免与美国伊斯兰关系委员会沟通。（盖蒂图片社）
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“几十年来，有人刻意将描述恐怖组织为抵抗运动的叙事植入公共话语，”伯恩斯在作证时说，随后她指出美国人不能“仅仅因为法庭上出示的证据在政治上令人不适就忽视它”。
“这个网络的历史毋庸置疑，”她补充道。“几十年前就已公之于众，但很少有人关注。现在是时候予以关注并了解事实了。”
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩都会区。
Dems in the hot seat for skipping crucial hearing on radical group hiding in US: ‘Embarrassment’
2026-08-05 6:07pm EDT / Fox News
A hearing witness said Islamist terror networks operating in US can’t be ignored just because they are ‘politically uncomfortable’
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
Published August 5, 2026 6:07pm EDT | Updated August 5, 2026 7:13pm EDT
WATCH: Democrats hammered for boycotting hearing on Islamic terrorism in US
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the empty seats on the Democratic side of the dais an ‘embarrassment’ and accused his absent colleagues of refusing to confront evidence about the Muslim Brotherhood’s alleged network in the United States.
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Democratic lawmakers were missing during Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, skipping a hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood’s alleged network inside the United States and drawing a blistering rebuke from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
“You may notice that there are empty chairs on the Democrat side of the dais,” Cruz said as he opened the hearing by pointing out every Democratic member of the subcommittee refused to attend. “The American people should ask themselves why not a single member of the minority decided that a hearing on terrorism was worth their time? It is an embarrassment.”
Cruz tied the Democrats’ boycott to Abdul El-Sayed’s primary victory, arguing the timing helped explain why no Democratic members attended. Cruz accused the party of embracing a candidate who had campaigned alongside left-wing streamer Hasan Piker.
Cruz cited Piker’s past statement that “America deserved 9/11” and asked the witnesses what El-Sayed’s rise said about the direction of the Democratic Party.
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“Abdul El-Sayed, the son-in-law of a leading member of several Brotherhood groups, won Michigan’s Democrat primary for U.S. Senate. Perfect timing for this hearing. Probably explains why no Democrats are here, and none intend to attend,” Cruz said.
“Because their campaign is now openly embracing terrorist organizations waging war on America.”
(L-R) Democratic Party senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Peter Welch of Vermont, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Alex Padilla of California and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. Muslim Brotherhood supporters near the Jordanian border with the West Bank from 2021 appear in the background.(Getty Images)
The five Democratic members of the subcommittee — senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Alex Padilla of California and Peter Welch of Vermont — announced beforehand that they would not attend. In a joint statement, the senators accused Cruz of staging a “political creepshow” that scapegoated Muslim Americans.
“Scapegoating Muslims may be a Texas Republican strategist’s idea of ‘solid gold’ to whip up their voters, but Democrats have no intention of indulging this political creepshow, particularly after the recent violence targeting places of faith,” they said. “Our focus is the costs families face thanks to rampant, non-stop Trump corruption.”
Blumenthal separately told reporters Wednesday that Democrats refused to attend because the hearing “could well be used as an anti-Muslim, Islamophobia kind of show trial.”
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The Connecticut Democrat added that he planned to meet with members of the Muslim community who shared concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood, “which appears to be a terrorist organization,” while advocating for “tolerance and inclusion.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2023.(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
The offices of Whitehouse and Welch referred Fox News Digital to the joint statement when asked why the senators chose to boycott rather than attend and challenge the witnesses directly. The offices of Hirono and Padilla had not responded by publication time.
Cruz and the hearing’s witnesses rejected the Democrats’ characterization of the proceeding as an attack on Muslims generally.
Lara Burns, a retired FBI special agent who helped lead a terrorism-financing investigation into what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States, the Holy Land Foundation, warned that Americans should not disregard evidence because it is politically controversial.
A OIG report shows FBI agents were urged to avoid communications with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.(Getty Images)
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“For decades, narratives have been intentionally seeded into public discourse that portray terrorist organizations as resistance movements,” Burns testified before arguing Americans cannot “ignore evidence introduced in federal court simply because that evidence is politically uncomfortable.”
“The history of this network is not in question,” she added. “It was made public decades ago, but few paid attention. Now is the time to pay attention and understand the facts.”
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.
