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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.

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Trump escalates ‘jihadist’ attacks on Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed

7 stories · since Oct 19 · newest 8d ago

  1. Springsteen endorses El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race fractures Democrats
  2. Michigan Democrats divided over El-Sayed as Senate race tightens
  3. Guardian Traces Trump's 'Muslim Brotherhood' Attack on El-Sayed to Loomer Hoax
  4. Vance Accuses El-Sayed of 'Anti-White Racial Hatred' Days Before Michigan Vote
  5. Trump escalates ‘jihadist’ attacks on Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayedyou are here
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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

most voices

Trump's 'jihadist' rhetoric is racist fearmongering based on El-Sayed's name and religion rather than facts.

  • “To racist fucks, Middle Eastern sounding names = scary.”

    Llonkrednaxela · reddit ↗
some voices

El-Sayed has a legitimate record to answer for, specifically a 2012 letter backing Morsi's power grab in Egypt.

  • “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 ↗
some voices

Broader cynicism that voters and politicians across the spectrum fail on substantive issues like inequality.

  • “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 TrumpDonald Trump President of the United StatesAbdul El-SayedAbdul El-Sayed Democratic Senate nominee, MichiganMike Rogers Republican Senate nominee, MichiganBarack ObamaBarack Obama Former U.S. PresidentDavid Beamer Father of 9/11 victim Todd BeamerCole Wozniak El-Sayed campaign spokesperson

Trump escalates ‘jihadist’ attacks on Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed
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  1. 3

    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,…”
    — Cole Wozniak
    1. 13 outlets Trump intensifies anti-Muslim rhetoric against Abdul El-Sayed at rally

      first by The Guardian, 17d ago · also Gulf News, Guardian, Al Jazeera, WSAV-TV, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel +6

      7 more headlines

    2. 5 outlets first by The Washington Post, 17d ago · also BBC, CBS News, Yahoo, Washington Post · read ↗

    1 more claim →
    • pissed-off-g.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

      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,...

      pissed-off-g.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gyMastodon16d ago5▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 7 posts in this stretch
    • piyushmittal.bsky.social

      Trump faces backlash after invoking 9/11 and accusing Abdul El-Sayed of being a ‘jihadist’

      piyushmittal.bsky.socialBluesky16d ago3▲view on Bluesky ↗

    • 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.

      Motorbarger/politics17d agoview on r/politics ↗
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  2. 2

    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…”
    — Donald Trump
    1. 2 outlets Trump invokes 9/11 in attacking Senate Muslim candidate El-Sayed

      first by Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 17d ago · also Deccan Herald

      1 more headline
    2. 1 outlet El-Sayed to Trump: ‘I will be Senator Muhammad to you bro’

      first by The Hill, 16d ago

    1 more claim →
  3. background

    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.

  4. 1

    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.

    • 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…

      Devry_Trostr/politics18d agoview on r/politics ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 5 posts in this stretch

    • 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…

      Llonkrednaxelar/politics18d agoview on r/politics ↗

    • 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…

      FleaSpiritualr/politics18d agoview on r/politics ↗
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  5. background

    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

  1. 4 outlets President Trump invokes 9/11 to denounce ‘jihadist’ Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed

    first by News24, 17d ago · also Washington Times, Mother Jones, HuffPost

    3 more headlines
  2. 2 outlets Trump’s latest jab at Muslim Democrat ‘pure racism,’ critics say: ‘Sick, sick stuff’

    first by AL.com, 16d ago · also The Oregonian

  3. 1 outlet Trump faces backlash after invoking 9/11 in verbal assault on El-Sayed

    first by BBC, 16d ago

    1 more headline

and 1 smaller piece

What people are saying 4 voices from 3 sites · best of 12 · verbatim