El-Sayed: Trump has as much regard for Constitution as ‘a piece of toilet paper’
Trump repeated baseless attacks on Abdul El-Sayed as Muslim and a security threat, while polls show the Democrat leading Mike Rogers among likely voters.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump attacked Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Port Huron, Michigan rally, calling him a "jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member" and claiming he would need a metal detector to enter the Senate.
- Republican candidate Mike Rogers has previously linked El-Sayed to extremist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood, while Trump alleged the Democrat wants to impose "Sharia law" on the country.
- During the event, Trump invoked antisemitic tropes about Jewish voters and welcomed David Beamer, whose son was killed in the 9/11 attacks, to amplify the rhetoric against El-Sayed.
- On Monday, El-Sayed dismissed the attacks at a Detroit news conference, calling them "deflections and deceptions based on no evidence" designed to distract from inflation and the war on Iran.
- Bishara Bahbah, founder of Arab Americans for Trump, criticized Trump's comments as "racist," while the competitive Michigan race could determine Senate control for the next two years.
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Detroit (USA), Nov 1 (EFE).- Consensus figure for some and division for others, candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim of Arab origin and target of the attacks of US President Donald Trump, faces the final straight line of the Senate campaign for Michigan with a slight advantage in the polls and the challenge of retaining a necessary seat in the Democratic Party's aspirations to take over the majority in the Upper House. "There is a lot of debate an…
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Barack Obama Flanked by Detroit’s top city officials and labor leaders, Abdul El-Sayed on Monday sought to shore up his support in Michigan’s largest city in a hard-fought contest that may determine control of the U.S. Senate As a former city public health official, El-Sayed said he, not his GOP opponent Mike Rogers, a former congressman representing Lansing, has shown the most commitment to Detroit voters and their needs. “See, I didn’t just ge…
The candidate for the Senate for Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, faces a campaign marked by Islamophobic attacks, while leading the polls. Dearborn’s Arab community, key in the vote, mobilizes in the face of political climate and restrictive migration policies.
The campaigns of Republicans and Democrats redouble efforts to win followers in Michigan. The ruling candidate, Mike Rogers, followed President Donald Trump’s line and accused his opponent, Abdul el-Sayed, of having ties with radical Islamic groups. The progressive leader accused the Republican and the president of discriminating on religious grounds and called on citizens to respect freedom of worship.
What is Sharia law, and why is it so controversial in the United States?
At a campaign rally, in Port Huron, Michigan, on Oct. 25, 2026, President Donald Trump accused U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of being a “jihadist” who wants to impose Sharia law – Islamic law – in the United States. His comments reflect a broader pattern among Republican politicians of portraying Sharia as a threat to the American legal system.
Abdul El-Sayed caresses a seat in the Senate in the state where Trump imposed himself two years ago to become the first Muslim member in the U.S. Upper HouseFrom “crap country” Norway to “jihadist” El-Sayed going through brutal announcements: Desperate Trump unleashes the mud machine “Do you imagine that five years ago, four years ago, it would have been said that the Democratic candidate to the Senate in a state election in Michigan, right afte…
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