President Donald Trump at a Sunday (October 25, 2026) campaign rally ratcheted up his push to link U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim extremists, comparing him to the 9/11 attackers while saying Democrats would let violent anti-American terrorists into the United States.
Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The President on Sunday (October 25, 2026) compared voting against Mr. El-Sayed to the actions of Michigan native Todd Beamer and others who fought back against the Flight 93 hijackers. “He doesn’t mind as much when it’s a shared name from the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law’s private equity, doesn’t seem to mind as much when it’s the Qataris who are giving him a $400 million private jet. Trump’s speech in eastern Michigan on Sunday (October 25, 2026) came a day after former President Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats in the State, underscoring its importance in next week’s elections.
If Mr. Mr. The former President compared them to his own experience as the target of false claims that he was born in Kenya. “Not in Michigan. It’s not going to work on Abdul.”
“I’m here to keep a jihadist, Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator,” the President told a receptive audience in Port Huron, which is in a Michigan area where 66% of the vote went to Mr. El-Sayed wins, “he would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go in the Senate,” Mr. Trump said. “I get that the President of the United States takes personal offence to my first name,” Mr. El-Sayed told an audience in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “This stuff didn’t work on me,” Mr. Obama said.
