Abdul El-Sayed turned Trump's attacks on his Muslim identity back on him
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed used a Sunday rally in Grand Rapids to turn attacks on his Muslim identity back on Donald Trump, highlighting the president and his family’s lucrative dealings with Muslims. Trump, at a separate Port Huron rally, called El-Sayed a “jihadist, Muslim Brotherhood member” and invoked the September 11 attacks.
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Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed turned Trump’s attacks on his Muslim identity back on Trump at a Sunday rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, pointing to Saudi investment in Jared Kushner’s private-equity firm and Qatar’s provision of a jet, Newsweek reported. Earlier Sunday, Trump repeated what Newsweek described as unsubstantiated attacks on El-Sayed at a rally in Port Huron. “I’m here to keep a jihadist, Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator,” Trump said. Trump also invoked the September 11, 2001, attacks, comparing opposition to El-Sayed with the actions of Todd Beamer and other passengers who resisted the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93. Trump said El-Sayed would have to pass through a metal detector before entering the Senate.
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Newsweek reports that Trump invoked 9/11 while attacking El-Sayed and describes El-Sayed’s response to the attacks, consistent with the proposed event. The other results do not report the 9/11 invocation and backlash together.