Trump Attacks Michigan Senate Candidate, Backs Mike Rogers
Trump posts video urging Michigan voters to reject Abdul El-Sayed and support Republican Mike Rogers in a race that could determine Senate control.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump posted a video attacking the Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, urging voters to reject the nominee and support Republican Mike Rogers in a race that could determine control of the chamber.
The video escalates a campaign that has drawn national attention over allegations about the Democratic nominee’s family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, claims the candidate has denied, according to ynetnews.
Trump’s endorsement of Rogers, a former congressman, dates to earlier this year, when his campaign said the candidate had received Trump’s “complete and total endorsement,” according to rogersforsenate.
The Michigan Senate contest could determine whether Republicans retain control of the Senate or Democrats take it over for the remainder of Trump’s presidency, according to ynetnews.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “To the people of Michigan, Mohammed Al-Sayed is bad news. He’s a Muslim radical. He’s a Muslim Brotherhood member even though he denies it. All you have to do is look at his past correspondence. And we cannot take a chance on having this guy be in the United States Senate. We have somebody who’s great, Mike Rogers. He’s all about making America great again, whereas Mohammed is about making America terrible like it was just two years ago. We were in the Dark Ages. Now we’re in the Golden Age of America. Let’s keep it that way. Don’t vote for Mohammed Al-Sayed. He’s not for us and he hates our country.” on October 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM ET.
47th President Donald J. Trump posted a video attacking a Michigan Senate candidate and endorsing Mike Rogers at WASHINGTON D.C.
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This is Trump’s 19th message released today, and the last post was 19 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 148 of his 564 posts over the last 30 days classified as image-only posts.
Trump referred to the Democratic candidate as “Mohammed Al-Sayed” throughout the video and called him “a Muslim radical” and “a Muslim Brotherhood member,” claims the candidate has publicly denied. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee, answered “no” three times when asked on NBC‘s “Meet the Press” whether he or his family had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to ynetnews. The controversy intensified after a social media post written by his half-sister 14 years ago began circulating, in which she wrote that their mother had been active in the Islamist movement in Egypt during the 1970s before immigrating to the United States, according to ynetnews.
El-Sayed’s half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, a researcher at the University of Chicago, wrote on X in 2012 about her mother’s activism. In a separate post she wrote that her family had “long been MB,” referring to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to ynetnews. The posts do not establish what their mother did within the movement, whether El-Sayed knew about her involvement, or whether he had any connection to the organization.
Rogers has already turned the resurfaced posts into a campaign advertisement, according to ynetnews. His campaign said he had received endorsements from NRSC Chairman Tim Scott, U.S. Senators John Thune, Roger Wicker, Tom Cotton, Steve Daines, Tim Sheehy, and John Barrasso, as well as Michigan congressmen and the Police Officers Association of Michigan, according to rogersforsenate.
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