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President Donald Trump has ripped into Michigan nominee Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a 'jihadist' and demanding that he go through a metal detector if he makes it to the Senate.
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Trump arrived on stage in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday afternoon to rally for the Republican cause with less than two weeks to go before the midterms.
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He ripped on El-Sayed, stating: 'I'm here to keep a Jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator.'
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El-Sayed, who is on the Democratic ticket for Michigan, has faced Trump's ire for his politics and Islamic background, with the President saying he is a 'Member of the Muslim Brotherhood,' and claiming that he 'should never be allowed inside the halls of our great, beautiful Capitol building in Washington, DC.'
On Sunday, Trump said that 'Abdul' would have to 'be the only Senator that will have to have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate.
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The general public and staff go through security screenings at the US Capitol, but members of Congress bypass the security when they flash their member pins to the Capitol Police.
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Other Muslim members of Congress, including Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, do not face higher levels of screening than their colleagues.
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The Republican President's visit to Michigan came a day after El-Sayed campaigned with former Democratic President Barack Obama in Detroit.
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Trump claimed that his Sunday rally was much better attended than the Democrats' one on Saturday.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at McMorran Place Sports and Entertainment Center on Sunday in Port Huron, Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in Michigan, reacts on stage during a midterm campaign rally he held with Barack Obama on Saturday
Trump's warning to El-Sayed comes after the President's speech was interrupted
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The occurrence has become a staple during Trump's final swing of rallies ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Trump once again told his supporters that the protesters at his rallies are 'paid $250' to cause disturbances.
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As the protester stood up, Trump called for law enforcement to remove him from the premises, as MAGA fans chanted 'USA, USA, USA.'
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After the brief interruption, Trump dove into Michigan's US Senate race between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
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Trump said that Rogers was out of 'central casting' before, calling him 'apple pie,' seemingly a nod to how much he captures the essence of Americana compared to his Democratic opponent El-Sayed.
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President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at McMorran Place Sports and Entertainment Center, Sunday, October 25, 2026, in Port Huron, Michigan
Former US President Barack Obama (L) embraces with Abdul El-Sayed (R), the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in Michigan during a midterm campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday
People gather to hear U.S. President Donald Trump speak during an election rally at McMorran Place Sports & Entertainment Center on October 25, 2026 in Port Huron, Michigan
El-Sayed, a son of Egyptian immigrants who could be the first Muslim US Senator, is running on a platform that includes ideas such as Medicare for All.
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Michigan's US Senate seat is rated as a 'toss-up' by the Cook Political Report.
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In the final Michigan US Senate debate held last Wednesday between El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, they clashed over Rogers's repeated attack that El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The Muslim Brotherhood is a politically active group across the Middle East, including Egypt, from which El-Sayed's parents immigrated.
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It has been linked to other terror groups like Hamas.
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Earlier this year, under President Trump, the US Treasury and State Department designated branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations.
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'As a matter of fact, he asked the Muslim Brotherhood head, Morsi, in Egypt to defund the police there, too,' Rogers claimed at one point in the debate, name-dropping the former Egyptian president who was tied to the group.
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The line triggered a strong response from El-Sayed.
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'He keeps raising this question about this association with the organization,' El-Sayed replied before telling Rogers: 'It's really quite beneath you.'
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In another tense moment, Rogers called out El-Sayed for not being able to 'even condemn the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], which is the terrorist enforcement arm of Iran, and doesn't believe Iran is any more dangerous than Israel.
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A video of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is displayed behind U.S. President Donald Trump as he delivers remarks during an election rally at McMorran Place Sports & Entertainment Center on October 25, 2026 in Port Huron, Michigan
Mike Rogers (R) and Abdul El-Sayed (D) are running for the US Senate seat in Michigan
While riffing on El-Sayed, Trump also said that he did not know how any Jews could support the Democrat, while claiming that his own approval rating in Israel is '99 percent.'
Later on in the rally, Trump called for Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota to resign from Congress.
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'It was just revealed that Ilhan Omar's name is not Ilhan Omar,' Trump told the crowd.
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The president claimed Omar had used a different name to get elected and sworn into Congress, then linked the allegation to longstanding claims that she married her brother.
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The Department of Justice referenced Omar by the name 'Ilhan Nur Said Elmi' in court filings related to the federal raid of her Washington, DC residence, fueling fresh questions over allegations about the Minnesota Democrat's identity.
But Omar has firmly rejected the claims, insisting her real name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.
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He also brought up Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, Omar's former husband, and claimed his name matched that of her brother.
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During another notable moment in Sunday's rally, Trump praised the men who helped him win Michigan in 2024, including Massad Boulos, his current Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs and concurrently the Senior Advisor for Africa at the US Department of State in the second administration.
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Trump also praised Amer Ghalib, the former Mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, for his help in 2024 election.
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Trump put Ghalib forward for the post of US ambassador to Kuwait, but his nomination stalled in the Senate.
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Top rap recording artist Nicki Minaj also joined Trump on stage during Sunday's rally.
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Speaking to the crowd, Minaj said: 'President Trump, it is an honor to stand with you every single time, and I will continue to support you forever and ever.
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Then she added, 'If you run again, I will support you again.'
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Ahead of the event, Minaj told the Daily Mail: 'This election is the most important midterm election of our lifetimes.'
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'We need to make sure that our great President has a great team in Congress to work with during his final two years in office so he can continue to create great programs like the Trump accounts, which I am a proud supporter of,' she added.
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