Trump says Rogers won the debate and calls El-Sayed a jihadist
Donald TrumpPresident of the United States, posting on Truth Social
After the debate, Trump wrote that Rogers had beaten El-Sayed decisively and called El-Sayed a jihadist who hates the country. He referred to El-Sayed as Mohammad; El-Sayed's first name is Abdul.
“Mike Rogers, the great American Patriot and Republican Candidate for the U.S.Senate from Michigan, completely obliterated Mohammad El-Sayed in the big debate tonight. If this was a fight they would have stopped it. Mohammad is a Jihadist lunatic who hates our Country, the Black People of Detroit, and wants to see the U.S. fail.”
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Mike Rogers’s allegation about Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign received funding from a terrorist organization
At a September 10, 2026 Republican National Convention midterm speech, Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers said Abdul El-Sayed was funding his campaign with money from “terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.” Rogers did not name a donor, amount, or campaign-finance filing in the speech. The research documents an outside-support chain involving CAIR Action, Unity & Justice Fund, and a Super PAC supporting El-Sayed, while examining whether any record establishes the specific allegation.
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Posted shortly after midnight Eastern time following the October 8 debate. Trump calls El-Sayed Mohammad; his first name is Abdul. The archived copy reproduces the post text.
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Trump posted after the October 8 debate between Rogers and El-Sayed.
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He wrote that El-Sayed's statements were full of lies and that Rogers was the candidate for Michigan voters.
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Relative to the allegations that El-Sayed has terrorist ties, Trump praises Rogers's debate performance and calls El-Sayed a jihadist. The post names no donor or organization, so it records a condemnation of El-Sayed in general terms rather than support for a specific claim.
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Rogers calls El-Sayed's denial of Brotherhood ties a lie
“This morning, Abdul El-Sayed was asked about his family’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. And he denied it — an outright lie. The truth is, Abdul and his family have surrounded themselves with some of the most heinous organizations and anti-American actors in history.”Read statement
El-Sayed denies family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood
“No. Let me ask you, though, why this is even a subject of debate. Because his only strategy is to point to me and my name and my faith and to say that we're different.”Read statement
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