Trump Attacks Michigan Democrat El-Sayed as Senate Election Takes Shape
National Republicans and Trump allies are amplifying Islamophobic attacks as outside groups spend nearly $32 million to defeat him in November.
- Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won his primary on Tuesday, prompting immediate attacks from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Republican leaders seeking to defeat him in November.
- Republicans resorted to Islamophobic attacks, with the NRSC emphasizing El-Sayed's full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, in a strategy critics liken to anti-Muslim attacks on Barack Obama using his middle name, Hussein.
- President Donald Trump labeled El-Sayed a 'Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel' on Truth Social, while GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers claimed El-Sayed believes 'America deserved 9/11.'
- El-Sayed dismissed the attacks as 'the only play' his opponents possess, arguing that bigoted smears distract voters from substantive issues like grocery prices and gas costs.
- The NRSC and AIPAC, which spent nearly $32 million supporting El-Sayed's primary opponent, signaled they will rally behind Mike Rogers over the next three months of campaigning.
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Networks Fret ‘GOP Has Seized’ on ‘Progressive’ El-Sayed’s Win With ‘Blistering Attack’
Networks Fret ‘GOP Has Seized’ on ‘Progressive’ El-Sayed’s Win With ‘Blistering Attack’ Screenshot via CBS/Snapstream ABC, CBS, and NBC popped the clutch Thursday morning and went full-speed in defending “progressive” Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul el-Sayed, brushing off the “blistering attack” by President Trump and the GOP as a distraction from “Americans’ concerns over the economy” and proof they’ve “seiz[ed] on” some of his policy views…
MS NOW anchor challenges Trump over inaccurate claims: 'I dare you'
President Donald Trump attacked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed at a Las Vegas casino.On Wednesday, Trump used expletives and claimed El-Sayed "hates Jews" and "hates Israel." “These people are dangerous, and frankly, they are lunatics," he said.Trump then added, "Communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history, including even World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, 9/11."MS NOW's "Morning Joe" described the rem…
Trump Claims Abdul El-Sayed Hates Jews
President Trump went on the attack against Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, him of hating Jews and being “full of shit,” the Detroit News reports. Said Trump: “He doesn’t love everybody. Put him in office, you’re going to find out what he loves. He doesn’t love Israel. He doesn’t love Jewish people. He hates […]
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