‘Mohammed el-Sayed’: Trump says he can change name of ‘jihadist’ Michigan Senate candidate

‘Mohammed el-Sayed’: Trump says he can change name of ‘jihadist’ Michigan Senate candidate “I’m the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want,” Trump said during a Saturday rally - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Already a member? Log in President Donald Trump raged against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, once again using the wrong name while declaring that he can call the Democrat “whatever the hell I want.” Trump has repeatedly referred to El-Sayed, who is Muslim, as “Mohammed,” when his first name is actually Abdul. The 41-year-old epidemiologist is facing Republican Mike Rogers in the November midterm elections for one of the country’s most consequential Senate races. Trump has frequently lashed out at the progressive Democrat, claiming not to know his name and branding him a “Jihadist lunatic who hates our Country.” If El-Sayed is elected, he would become America’s first Muslim senator. During a midterm campaign rally Saturday in Clarksville, Tennessee, about 50 miles northwest of Nashville, Trump continued his recent raging against El-Sayed. “These lunatics came in for four years....They were destroying our country, and we cannot let them get back in. Like Mohammed El-Sayed. I call him Mohammed,” Trump said. “Somebody said, ‘HIS NAME ISN’T MOHAMMED,” Trump yelled to the crowd, before quietly acknowledging he does actually know the Democratic hopeful’s real name, telling the crowd: “It’s Abdul.” Despite the omission, Trump still insisted, “To me it’s Mohammed.” “I’m the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want,” he said to cheers and applause from the crowd. “To me, he’s Mohammed, and he’s a radical jihadist. The guy’s a jihadist,” Trump continued ranting before raising his voice again, “ I DON’T WANT A JIHADIST, as a senator from Michigan.” Trump then acknowledged that he won Michigan the three times he ran for president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. “I won Michigan by the way, by a lot. Thank you very much,” he said. Trump took to Truth Social to praise El-Sayed’s Republican rival Mike Rogers after the pair participated in a televised debate Thursday, writing, “Mike Rogers, the great QAmerican Patriot and Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, completely obliterated Mohammed El-Sayed [sic] 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.” “Short on Stature, Patriotism, and Truth, Mohammed’s statements have been loaded up with lies and deceit. I won Michigan BIG, and know that Mike Rogers, a total winner, is the man for you!!!” Trump had also misnamed El-Sayed, who is a Muslim, in another post earlier in the day, calling him “a terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats,” as well as a “RADICAL Extremist” and “Terrorist Sympathizer.” El-Sayed responded to the Thursday post in which Trump misnamed him, writing on X, “He knows my name is Abdul. He says it every day. But he’s not just attacking me. He’s attacking all of us.” “He thinks so low of us. He thinks he can use my name and my faith to distract us from the suffering his policies are inflicting on us at the pump, at the grocery store, and at the doctor’s office. He thinks we don’t know any better. It’s time for change.” Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments