Trump escalates ‘jihadist’ attacks on Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed
At a Lake Huron rally, Trump demanded El-Sayed pass through metal detectors to enter the Senate, intensifying weeks of unsubstantiated terrorism claims against the Democratic nominee.
Part of a larger narrative
Trump escalates ‘jihadist’ attacks on Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed
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- Vance Accuses El-Sayed of 'Anti-White Racial Hatred' Days Before Michigan Vote
- Trump escalates ‘jihadist’ attacks on Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayedyou are here
What to know
- Trump has repeatedly labeled Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a 'jihadist' and tied him, without evidence, to the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Trump demanded El-Sayed be forced through metal detectors before entering the Senate if elected, a measure applied to no other senator.
- Republican opponent Mike Rogers has partially distanced himself from the 'terrorist' framing even as he benefits from Trump's attacks.
- If elected Nov. 3, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate; his campaign calls the attacks lies.
The dispute Whether Trump's 'jihadist' label is baseless bigotry or whether it points to a genuine unresolved question about El-Sayed's 2012 support for Morsi's decree. · positions read across 12 posts and comments
Trump's 'jihadist' rhetoric is racist fearmongering based on El-Sayed's name and religion rather than facts.
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“To racist fucks, Middle Eastern sounding names = scary.”
Llonkrednaxela · reddit ↗
El-Sayed has a legitimate record to answer for, specifically a 2012 letter backing Morsi's power grab in Egypt.
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“in Nov 2012, days after Morsi gave himself sweeping powers, he signed a letter backing that and asking Morsi to "purge the media and the police." Even Human Rights Watch called that decree a hit to the rule of law.”
FleaSpiritual · reddit ↗
Broader cynicism that voters and politicians across the spectrum fail on substantive issues like inequality.
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“It's become abundantly clear just how petty and shallow the electorate's criteria for picking leaders truly is”
Devry_Trost · reddit ↗
“He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector,”
Donald Trump, President · Washington Sun ↗ · Oct 24
Donald Trump President of the United States
Abdul El-Sayed Democratic Senate nominee, MichiganMike Rogers Republican Senate nominee, Michigan
Barack Obama Former U.S. PresidentDavid Beamer Father of 9/11 victim Todd BeamerCole Wozniak El-Sayed campaign spokesperson
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El-Sayed campaign calls Trump's claims 'bad faith'
Campaign spokesperson Cole Wozniak said Trump's attacks were lies and reaffirmed El-Sayed's focus on cost-of-living issues ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
“While they lie and resort to desperate, bad faith attacks, Abdul remains laser focused on his plans to bring down costs and stand up to the chaos and corruption in Washington,…”
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first by The Guardian, 13d ago · also Gulf News, Guardian, Al Jazeera, WSAV-TV, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel +6
7 more headlines
- Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El Sayed Gulf News · 13d ago
- Trump intensifies anti-Muslim rhetoric against Abdul El-Sayed at Michigan rally – US politics live Mastodon · 13d ago
- ‘Deflections’: Abdul El-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks Al Jazeera · 12d ago
- Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan, drawing Arab American rebuke WSAV-TV · 12d ago
- The Memo: El-Sayed allies argue Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks will backfire The Hill · 12d ago
- US midterms: Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed France 24 EN · 12d ago
- Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan Associated Press · 12d ago
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5 outlets first by The Washington Post, 13d ago · also BBC, CBS News, Yahoo, Washington Post · read ↗
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Abdul El-Sayed fired back at Donald Trump after the president attacked the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee over his faith and name. #cnn , #news youtube.com/shorts/dW3Eg... 'I’ll be Sen. Mohammed to you,...
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Trump faces backlash after invoking 9/11 and accusing Abdul El-Sayed of being a ‘jihadist’
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Some say that the POTUS is senile. Not me because I think he has an IQ of one million and he's a real serious stinker, but I've read about it.
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Trump demands El-Sayed pass through metal detectors
At a rally in Lake Huron, Michigan, Trump called El-Sayed a 'jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member' and said he should be the only senator required to go through a metal detector before entering the Senate; he appeared alongside David Beamer, father of a 9/11 victim, who made similar comments tying Democrats to terrorism.
“I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator…”
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first by Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 13d ago · also Deccan Herald
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first by The Hill, 13d ago
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Rogers distances himself from Trump's 'terrorist' label — On NBC's Meet the Press, Republican nominee Mike Rogers said he had 'never called him a terrorist' after being pressed by Kristen Welker on whether he agreed with Trump's rhetoric.
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Obama campaigns with El-Sayed in Michigan
Former President Barack Obama appeared alongside El-Sayed to shore up last-minute Democratic support ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms, the day before Trump's rally.
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No, I get what you're saying. I hate how he opposed the proposed California billionaire tax and joined the chorus of cowardly boot-licking James Carvillite capital-democrats, too. Traditional social progressivism is nothing but a waste of fucking time while billionaires bleed the world dry and the economy keeps lurching wildly back and forth in…
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This is like the time a guy went around asking if americans supported bombing Agrabah, not mentioning that it's a fictional city from Aladdin. A lot of people insisted it was necessary. To racist fucks, Middle Eastern sounding names = scary. You need to make sure your kids don't only grow up talking to white kids. Having friends that are different…
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says. I never said he's a Brotherhood member. My point is that in Nov 2012, days after Morsi gave himself sweeping powers, he signed a letter backing that and asking Morsi to "purge the media and the police." Even Human Rights Watch called that decree a hit to the rule of law. That has nothing to do with him being Muslim. I'd have the same problem…
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Trump calls El-Sayed a 'vicious, violent jihadist' — Trump used the term publicly ahead of the Michigan Senate race, an early instance of rhetoric that would escalate days later.
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by News24, 13d ago · also Washington Times, Mother Jones, HuffPost
3 more headlines
- Abdul El-Sayed to Trump: Call me 'Senator Mohamed' Washington Times · 13d ago
- Trump Ramps Up His Islamophobic Attacks Against Abdul El-Sayed Mother Jones · 13d ago
- Abdul El-Sayed Embraces Trump's Islamophobic Nickname HuffPost · 13d ago
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first by AL.com, 13d ago · also The Oregonian
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first by BBC, 13d ago
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What people are saying 4 voices from 3 sites · best of 12 · verbatim
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⚡ NEWS Trump Targets Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate Race As US midterm elections approach, Donald Trump is escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. This campaign strategy aims to influence the race where El-Sayed could become the first Muslim US Senator,... 📰 https://www…
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from BBC: Trump faces backlash after invoking 9/11 in verbal assault on El-Sayed
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President Donald Trump ramped up his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Sunday campaign rally. "He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate."
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I actually forgot he said that Haitians because I was stuck on him constantly calling Somalis dirty and low iq