‘Senator Mohamed’: El-Sayed tells Trump what he can call him after November
WASHINGTON, DC: Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed fired back at President Donald Trump for associating his Muslim identity and name with extremism, telling the president what he could call him after the November midterm elections.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with inflammatory language during the 2026 campaign trail, labeling him a "radical extremist", a "terr*** sympathizer", and a "vicious violent jihad***."
El-Sayed suggests a title Trump can use for him if he wins Senate race
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who has frequently made headlines during the midterm campaign, has hit back at Trump over his remarks about the candidate’s name and Muslim identity.
Firing back at what he described as the president’s apparent anti-Muslim rhetoric, El-Sayed told supporters at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Sunday, October 25, that Trump could refer to him as “Senator Mohamed” if he wins the November election.
“I get that the president of the United States takes personal offense to my first name,” El-Sayed said at the rally in Grand Rapids, Mich.
“He doesn’t mind as much when it’s a shared name from the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law’s private equity. Doesn’t seem to mind as much when it’s the Qataris who are giving him a $400 million private jet. He just seems to have trouble pronouncing it when it’s my name.”
“But y’all, I don’t care how he pronounces my name,” he continued.
“I don’t even care that he remembers my whole name. Because he can just go on and call me ‘senator’ after November. I will be Senator Mohamed to you, bro.”
If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim American to serve in the US Senate.
Trump repeatedly alleges El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood
President Donald Trump has repeatedly and frequently mocked Abdul El-Sayed’s first name ‘Mohamed,’ associating his name with extremism and even calling him a ‘terr*****.’
The president has also alleged that the candidate has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement founded in Egypt that has influenced political and religious movements across the region. El-Sayed has denied having ties to the organization, and no evidence has established that he was affiliated with it.
Notably, branches of the Muslim Brotherhood have been banned by the US.
While rallying in Michigan on Sunday for El-Sayed’s opponent, Rep Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), Trump claimed that El-Sayed would “have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate.”
Trump also compared El-Sayed to the hijackers behind the September 11, 2001, attacks while introducing David Beamer, the father of Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer, at the rally.
