Trump Ramps Up His Islamophobic Attacks Against Abdul El-Sayed
President Donald Trump ramped up his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Sunday campaign rally in Michigan, hurling everything from unfounded “jihadist” accusations to suggestions that an El-Sayed victory would mean canceling Christmas. “He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed […]
President Donald Trump intensified his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during a Sunday campaign rally in Michigan. Trump made several unfounded accusations, including suggesting that El-Sayed would require a metal detector to enter the Senate, a claim he stated he personally supported. Trump compared voting against El-Sayed to the actions of Todd Beamer, a United Flight 93 passenger who tried to regain control of the plane on September 11, 2001, leading to the plane crashing in Pennsylvania.
Trump urged Michigan voters, "Twenty-five years later, Michigan needs to stand up and fight, just like Todd did, to stop a jihadist from walking into the Capitol."
These Islamophobic comments were made in a rally supporting Republican candidate Mike Rogers, who has also been making baseless allegations against El-Sayed. In his final debate, Rogers claimed, without any evidence, that El-Sayed is "bought off by the Muslim Brotherhood." However, El-Sayed is a U.S.-born citizen and former public health administrator who has repeatedly affirmed his commitment to upholding the Constitution.
He has denounced the anti-Muslim rhetoric directed at him as "shameful" and an attempt to "distract us from the suffering [Trump’s] policies are inflicting on us at the pump, at the grocery store, and at the doctor’s office."
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