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For the record, circumcision on children (without a medical necessity) should absolutely be illegal.
Not arguing with that, there's definitely a clear consent issue there. But calling out the hypocrisy is still highly effective.
Because here's the thing; it's the "mutilation" that gets a visceral response from voters. Most Americans are not actually going to respond all that well to discussions of consent around children's bodies because they still fundamentally do not see children as having bodily autonomy.
This deranged fantasy story about evil Democrats transing your kids is effective because it's about transing your kids. Only you get to do that. The child is not actually important, they're just property that's being vandalized.
By pointing out the obvious disconnect, Sayed takes the entire conversation to a very uncomfortable place. What was an easy rhetorical ground to occupy - mutilating children would be objectively bad - suddenly becomes much more difficult when you have to explain why some mutilation is OK. That's exactly why the transing kids attack is normally so effective; because dems fall into the trap of either saying "It's not happening" (people believe it is, and that's enough for them), or saying, basically, that this mutilation is acceptable. That's not the position we're taking, obviously, but it sounds like the position we're taking to them.
Shutting down the line of attack entirely is often more effective. You don't have to play fair with people who aren't arguing in good faith.