Trump praises Haley Stevens and attacks Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at Iowa rally
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President Donald Trump lauded Haley Stevens for supporting Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan while labeling Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a “jihadist” during a campaign stop in Iowa.
President Donald Trump addressed a crowd in Iowa, commending former Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan. He said, “I don’t know Haley, I’ve never met Haley, but Haley said what few people are willing to say,” and added that she showed “great and almost unprecedented loyalty to the great people of Michigan.”
Trump then turned his remarks to Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim physician, describing him as a “jihadist” and suggesting that voters would need to place him through metal detectors. El-Sayed responded, “I’ll go through a metal detector if you’ll sit for a lie detector. Simple. I got nothing to hide. You’ve got so much to hide.”
The comments were part of Trump’s final push before the November midterm elections, where he also urged supporters to vote and predicted a “tremendous victory” for Republicans on Election Day.