Florida's governor's office said DeSantis signed HB 1471 on April 6, 2026, concerning foreign or religious law in Florida courts; the release does not mention Abdul El-Sayed.

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A directly attributable DeSantis statement about Abdul El-Sayed, the complete older El-Sayed remarks, a campaign response, or registered coverage linking those elements.

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1. 2026-08-12T14:01:06.475Zcaptured headline

   DeSantis Slams Michigan Dem Nominee Over Old Sharia Remarks

2. 2026-08-12T14:01:06.475Zscreenshot timestamp

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3. 2026-08-12T14:13:24.000Zsubject identity

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   The directly fetched Florida governor's office release identifies Governor Ron DeSantis; registry review remains pending.

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4. 2026-08-12T14:13:24.000Zoriginating speaker

   ROOZ posted a current accusation about El-Sayed and Sharia, but the post does not mention DeSantis and no exact headline origin was found.

   The directly fetched X post establishes its author, wording, and timestamp while also showing the missing DeSantis attribution.

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5. 2026-08-12T14:13:24.000Zatomic claim

   Florida's governor's office said DeSantis signed HB 1471 on April 6, 2026, concerning foreign or religious law in Florida courts; the release does not mention Abdul El-Sayed.

   The official release was directly fetched in full and contains the bill action, date, quotation, and no El-Sayed reference.

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6. 2026-08-12T14:13:24.000Zprimary source evidence

   The official April release retains DeSantis's HB 1471 action and statement about one constitutional legal system.

   The canonical official URL, title, and date were directly fetched and content-hashed.

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7. 2026-08-12T14:13:24.000Zresponse correction

   The located current El-Sayed accusation is from ROOZ, not DeSantis; the official DeSantis release concerns separate April legislation and does not name El-Sayed.

   Both sources were directly fetched, and targeted X searches found no August 10-12 DeSantis post or quotation about El-Sayed.

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8. 2026-08-12T14:13:24.000Zresolution evidence status

   No retained source attributes an El-Sayed-specific statement to DeSantis, and the complete older remarks and campaign response were not obtained in this window.

   Exact and semantic X searches, official-domain searches, direct fetches, and registered-source searches did not produce the claimed DeSantis-El-Sayed link.

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