Trump accuses Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Muslim Brotherhood ties

President Donald Trump has accused Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a claim the Democrat denies. Trump also repeatedly referred to El-Sayed as “Mohammed” during a White House event on Thursday as the race in the key battleground state heats up. The Brotherhood accusation comes as the race intensifies less than three weeks before the midterm elections in Michigan, a state where Trump has won twice.

Polls show El-Sayed narrowly ahead of his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, an ally of Trump. El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, has denied the accusations and dismissed them as hearsay evidence from a tweet.

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