Abdul El-Sayed stated that parents' concerns about children being exposed to certain information are outdated.

Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Nov 2, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 2, 2026

You can’t make this up! Radical socialist Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on biological men exposing themselves in girls’ locker rooms 👇 “The free flow of information is actually a beautiful thing.” Parents’ concerns are “outdated.” Absolute INSANITY. Welcome to today’s Democrat Party.

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Multiple outlets quote El-Sayed in his 60 Minutes interview saying that the notion of preventing a child from being exposed to something the parent finds disagreeable is "profoundly outdated" (NY Post, Daily Wire, WION, Daily Mail).

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What we found

Supports. Several outlets quote El-Sayed's 60 Minutes remark that the notion of preventing a child from being exposed to something the parent may find disagreeable, because of school, is "so profoundly outdated."[1][2][3][4][5]

Supports. The Daily Mail report quotes the same passage, adding that the remark was made in response to a question about transgender athletes and locker rooms.[3]

Context. The Daily Mail notes El-Sayed did not use the exact words attributed to him in some framings, but the core quoted statement about exposure to disagreeable information being outdated is consistent across reports.[3]

Context. The post's own quote about parents' concerns being "outdated" is the claimant's words and is not used as evidence; the claim's paraphrase stays within the post's scope.