{
  "id": 16635313,
  "title": "Trump Ramps Up His Islamophobic Attacks Against Abdul El-Sayed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/trump-ramps-up-his-islamophobic-attacks-against-abdul-el-sayed",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:51:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/trump-islamophobic-attacks-against-abdul-el-sayed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\"\n\nThese 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.\"",
  "summary": "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 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Abdul El-Sayed Turns Muslim Attacks Back on Trump, Calls Out Qatari Jet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/abdul-el-sayed-turns-muslim-attacks-back-on-trump-calls-out-qatari-jet",
        "published": "2026-10-26T13:39:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}