Oct 28, 2026 · 11 min · 16 segments
President Trump faces backlash after calling Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist, and El-Sayed is firing back. Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees as it spends billions…
At a campaign rally on Sunday, Trump called Democratic Senator Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist, accused him of having ties to extremist groups and even brought up the September 11th terrorist attacks.
I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator.
And that's the fact.
I'm not going to let that happen.
Trump introduced the father of Todd Beamer, one of the passengers who fought back against the hijackers aboard the United Flight 93 on 9-11.
And then the president made another comment about El-Sayed that is drawing criticism.
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.
He's Muslim, but he denies having any connection to extremist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
And that includes a former leader of Arab Americans for Trump who called the president's comments racist.
I don't care how he pronounces my name.
I don't even care that he remembers my whole name because he can just go on and call me senator after November.
El-Sayed says Trump is focusing on his name and religion to distract voters from what they are paying for for groceries, gas and health care.
And the White House is standing by the president's comments, arguing that El-Sayed's policies would hurt Michigan families.
El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers for a Senate seat currently occupied by Democrats.
And with Election Day next week, this is one of the races that could help determine which party controls the Senate.
At a campaign rally on Sunday, Trump called Democratic Senator Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist, accused him of having ties to extremist groups and even brought up the September 11th terrorist attacks.
I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator.
And that's the fact.
I'm not going to let that happen.
Trump introduced the father of Todd Beamer, one of the passengers who fought back against the hijackers aboard the United Flight 93 on 9-11.
And then the president made another comment about El-Sayed that is drawing criticism.
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.
He's Muslim, but he denies having any connection to extremist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
And that includes a former leader of Arab Americans for Trump who called the president's comments racist.
I don't care how he pronounces my name.
I don't even care that he remembers my whole name because he can just go on and call me senator after November.
El-Sayed says Trump is focusing on his name and religion to distract voters from what they are paying for for groceries, gas and health care.
And the White House is standing by the president's comments, arguing that El-Sayed's policies would hurt Michigan families.
El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers for a Senate seat currently occupied by Democrats.
And with Election Day next week, this is one of the races that could help determine which party controls the Senate.
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