Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday that the United States is actively working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
In an interview with Sid Rosenberg on Sid and Friends in the Morning, Rubio was asked about the support New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is receiving from groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Rosenberg pressed Rubio on whether the administration would move to officially designate the group, and possibly the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as terrorist entities.
"Yeah, all of that is in the works," Rubio said, noting that the Brotherhood operates in multiple branches, each requiring its own designation. He stressed that the process is lengthy and must be thorough, but confirmed that it is a priority. “We are constantly reviewing for groups to designate, for what they are: supporters of terrorists, maybe terrorists themselves. We haven’t done this in a long time, so we’ve got a lot of catch-up to do. And you’ve mentioned a couple names, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, that are of grave concern.”
The move follows increased calls from lawmakers to scrutinize groups with alleged terror ties. Earlier in August, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) urged the Internal Revenue Service to investigate CAIR’s tax-exempt status, citing “longstanding evidence” of its connections to both Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
