2026
At a Michigan rally Donald Trump called Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member.
“I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator.”
Topic
Abdul El-Sayed
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2026
Donald Trump said at a Michigan rally that Abdul El-Sayed would have to go through a metal detector to enter the Senate.
“He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate.”
2026
Michigan's Senate race pits progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed against Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Rogers.
“looking at the Senate race in Michigan, where you have Abdul El-Sayed, who is a progressive candidate, versus Mike Rogers, another Trump-endorsed candidate”
2026
Harry Enten says a CNN poll taken just after the primary had Abdul El-Sayed ahead by seven points in Michigan's Senate race.
“So we had a CNN poll that had Elsiad up seven, okay, after just after the primary”
2026
Haley Stevens lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed by about one percentage point and then endorsed him, but they never campaigned together apart from one unity event.
“Stevens endorsed El-Sayed after losing the primary by about a percentage point, but aside from a unity event right after that, they never campaigned together.”
2026
On the Sunday before the election, Haley Stevens revoked her endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed and backed his Republican opponent in Michigan's Senate race.
“Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primaries to Abdul El-Sayed, has said Sunday she's not only revoking her endorsement of him, she's backing his GOP opponent.”
2026
Haley Stevens said Abdul El-Sayed did not do enough to reassure Jewish voters or disavow rhetoric from some of his supporters that she called dangerous.
“Stevens says El-Sayed did not do enough to reassure these voters or to disavow rhetoric made by some of his supporters, she says, is dangerous.”
2026
Mike Rogers's campaign focused its closing argument on portraying Abdul El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim U.S. senator, as un-American.
“the Rogers campaign has focused its closing argument, trying to paint El-Sayed, who'd be the first Muslim U. S. senator, as un-American.”
2026
Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
“the losing Democratic primary candidate in the Michigan Senate race, Haley Stevens, snub the Democratic nominee, Abdul Ossayed, and cross party lines and endorse his Republican rival, Mike Rogers.”
2026
The Times's final Michigan Senate poll found Abdul El-Sayed ahead by eleven points, a six-point gain from its September poll.
“the poll in Michigan found Dr. El-Sayed up by eleven points, which is his largest lead of the cycle, a six-point gain from our last poll in September.”
2026
In the final Times/Siena Michigan poll, Abdul El-Sayed won 96% of Kamala Harris voters and Mike Rogers won 2% of them.
“Abdul is winning 96% of Kamala Harris voters, and only 2% of Kamala Harris voters are voting for Mike Rogers.”
Undated
Trump, Mike Rogers and allies tried to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood using a fourteen-year-old tweet from his half-sister about their mother's college years.
“trying to tie Abdul to the Muslim Brotherhood based on a fourteen-year-old tweet from Abdul's half-sister, saying their mom was reminiscing about being active with the Muslim Brotherhood as a college student in the early seventies.”
Undated
The man who asked Abdul El-Sayed to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a Saturday town hall turned out to be a former Josh Hawley staffer turned Republican operative.
“Turns out he was a former Josh Hawley staffer turned Republican operative, posing as a normal person named Tommy.”
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