Trump Says Mike Rogers Obliterated Abdul El-Sayed in 1 Michigan Senate Debate
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 9
Trump Says Mike Rogers Obliterated Abdul El-Sayed in 1 Michigan Senate Debate
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 9
Summary
Trump praised Republican Mike Rogers after Thursday’s Michigan Senate debate, posting just after midnight Friday that Rogers had “completely obliterated” Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed.
The endorsement came with a fresh personal attack: Trump again misnamed El-Sayed, called him a “Jihadist lunatic,” and tied the race to his own claim that he won Michigan “BIG.”
El-Sayed answered Thursday that Trump knows his name is Abdul and was using his name and faith to distract voters from pain “at the pump, at the grocery store, and at the doctor’s office.”
Rogers, a former U.S. House member backed by Trump in both 2024 and 2026, is trying to avoid a repeat of his 2024 Senate loss in Michigan to Democrat Elissa Slotkin.