Father of 9/11 hero rips Democrats at Trump’s Michigan rally; warns of ‘attack’ from within
PORT HURON, MICHIGAN: David Beamer, whose son Todd became one of the best-known figures of the September 11 attacks, brought the memory of Flight 93 into the final stretch of Michigan’s midterm campaign.
Speaking alongside President Donald Trump at a Republican rally in Port Huron on Sunday, October 25, Beamer urged voters to back the GOP, arguing that the country faced a threat from within its own borders.
He directed his sharpest criticism at the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
David Beamer father of Todd Beamer, the Flight 93 hero who led the “Let’s Roll” counterattack against the 9/11 hijackers — just delivered a powerful warning about DSA candidates and Abdul El-Sayed. "DSA are Demolition Specialists meant to infiltrate and destroy" He compared how 9/11 was a sneak attack but this attack by Abdul El-Sayed is right in front of us This is worth watching the entire thing.
— J (@JayTC53) October 25, 2026
Beamer invokes his son’s sacrifice
The crowd applauded as Beamer took the stage and thanked Trump before delivering a warning built around the events of September 11, 2001.
His son Todd was aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back against the hijackers.
“It took 250 years to build America. It can take lesser than that to demolish it all,” Beamer told the audience, turning from the history of the attacks to the political choices facing Michigan voters.
He recalled how Todd had left home that morning to go to work, leaving behind his young sons and pregnant wife, but never returned.
Todd and other passengers became widely recognized for resisting the hijackers rather than allowing the aircraft to continue toward its intended target.
Beamer then drew a contrast between the surprise of the 2001 attacks and what he described as a danger voters could already see approaching.
“9/11 was a surprise. What's going on in Michigan is not a surprise. We can see the attack coming,” he said, pointing to November 3, Election Day, as the moment when voters would determine the direction of the state.
He argued that the threat he was warning about did not originate overseas.
Instead, he directed his remarks at the Democratic Socialists of America, mockingly describing 'DS' as standing for “demolition specialists.”
Beamer also took aim at the organization’s platform, comparing it to the ideology behind the September 11 attacks. “It reads like the terr** platform of 9/11 on steroids,” he said.
Trump, Minaj join campaign push
Trump also invoked Todd Beamer’s actions while urging Michigan residents to vote Republican.
The president called on the state to respond with the same determination shown by the Flight 93 passengers and argued that a Democratic victory would threaten American traditions and security.
“If Abdul and the Democrats win, they will create a nightmare of terror until you cannot even have a Christmas,” Trump said, before revisiting his long-running campaign to promote the public use of “Merry Christmas.”
He also told the audience that Todd Beamer had given his life for the country and urged voters to cast their ballots in his memory.
The rally featured another prominent Trump supporter: rapper Nicki Minaj, who joined the president during his Michigan visit.
The Michigan Senate contest between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has become a focus of the larger fight for control of Congress.
El-Sayed has rejected claims linking him to the Muslim Brotherhood, while Republicans have portrayed his candidacy as evidence of the Democratic Party’s leftward direction.
