Abdul El-Sayed Responds to Trump's Attacks in Michigan Senate Race
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Oct. 26 answered recent attacks by President Donald Trump, calling them "deflections and deceptions based on no evidence." He spoke at a news conference in Detroit, Michigan.
El-Sayed is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of Congress. His opponent is former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a former public health official and a graduate of the University of Michigan.
According to NPR, Trump intensified what it described as his anti-Muslim rhetoric against El-Sayed on Sunday. Speaking at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, Trump accused El-Sayed of wanting to impose Sharia law, which is Islamic religious law, on the country, according to Al Jazeera.
Trump also said El-Sayed would be "the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector" before entering the Senate. In his criticism, Trump invoked 9/11, referring to the September 11 attacks, the BBC reported.
El-Sayed rejected the attacks in Detroit. He also addressed Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Sunday, according to Yahoo News.
