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Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump held separate campaign events in Michigan in the final stretch of the Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and his Republican opponent. Obama rallied voters in Detroit to support El-Sayed, while Trump used a campaign stop to criticize El-Sayed over his Muslim faith and alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The closely watched contest has drawn high-profile national figures as candidates make their final pitches to voters.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that both President Trump and former President Obama campaigned in Michigan during the final weeks of the Senate race, focusing heavily on Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Left-leaning outlets like HuffPost and NBC News emphasized Trump's attacks on El-Sayed as Islamophobic and focused on Obama's efforts to mobilize Black voters. Center outlets like NPR and PBS NewsHour reported on Trump escalating his rhetoric and questioning El-Sayed's background and faith. Right-leaning outlets like WorldNetDaily and The Last Refuge highlighted Trump's warnings about the Muslim Brotherhood and featured conservative criticisms of El-Sayed while tying Obama's campaigning to the race.
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Trump attacks Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan campaign stop
Candidates are in their last full week of campaigning before the midterm elections, and early voting is already underway in 43 states. The latest CBS News poll shows that most Americans do not approve of President Trump's handling of the economy or inflation. Nikole Killion reports from Port Huron, Michigan.
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Former president speaks to rapturous crowd of thousands in support of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for US SenateBarack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest of…
Former President Barack Obama rallied for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit on Saturday as the bitterly fought contest could come down to the city’s substantial Black vote.
Heather Chen The progressive Senate candidate has won over students with his politics—and, in at least one case, his protein intake.
The president’s visit comes after weeks of assailing the Democratic Senate candidate with Islamophobic rhetoric in rallies across the country.
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Candidates are in their last full week of campaigning before the midterm elections, and early voting is already underway in 43 states. The latest CBS News poll shows that most Americans do not approve of President Trump's handling of the economy or inflation. Nikole Killion reports from Port Huron, Michigan.
President Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States.
The Republican president has been attacking El-Sayed's faith throughout the campaign and claiming his past statements and background show a sympathy for extremists.
President Donald Trump's busy midterm campaign schedule is bringing him to Michigan, where Republicans hope to claim an open Senate seat on Election Day
The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as one of the biggest late-campaign issues in Michigan's closely watched Senate race.
President Donald Trump used a campaign rally to intensify his attacks on Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, his Muslim faith and his Egyptian heritage, repeatedly portraying the Michigan-born Democrat as sympathetic to Islamic extremism without offering any evidence for his allegations.
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Earlier today former President Barack Obama was campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood in Detroit, Michigan. This is good news for Republican Senate Candidate Mike Rogers as it means the DNC are very worried about black voters not turning out for the communist, El-Sayed. Barack Obama is always triggered for races where the…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is holding a rally for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Sunday evening in the final lap of the midterm election campaign season. El Sayed, locked in a race that will likely prove crucial to determining majority control of the upper chamber in November, was leading Republican nominee Mike…
Abdul El-Sayed rallies with Barack Obama in Michigan, but undecided Black voters in Detroit say the endorsement hasn't swayed their decision.
In the Michigan senate race, muddleheaded party leaders cannot see past the next election, writes Peter Savodnik. Will the voters?
'I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator'
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, the Michigan Democrat running to become the first Muslim U.S. Senator, has spent the final weeks of this campaign performing the classic maneuver: dismissing valid questions about his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The group is designated a terrorist organization in many nations, and it has a violent history of sowing chaos ...
President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama traded criticism as both seek to bolster support for their respective candidates in Michigan.
