Texas Sen. Ted Cruz went on Fox News this week and suggested Dr. Abdul El-Sayed could endanger American lives by sharing classified information with terrorists, without any evidence for that extraordinary accusation. Why must Republicans continue to use a candidate’s religion as political weapon?

“Chuck Schumer could place Abdul El-Sayed on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He would have access to the very highest level of classified materials. And I believe, if that were to happen, there would be an unacceptably high risk that American servicemen and women, their lives would be endangered, and that our covert intelligence assets, their lives would be in danger because every reason to believe Abdul El-Sayed would share that classified information with Muslim Brotherhood terrorists.”

That’s a serious allegation. But El-Sayed denies having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and there is no established public evidence that he is a member of the organization.…