Trump calls El-Sayed a ‘jihadist’ during Michigan campaign rally
publishers 21articles 22first reported 25 Oct, 20:22 UTCdeveloping since 26 Oct · 7 editions
President Donald Trump attacked Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over his Muslim faith at a campaign rally Sunday in Port Huron, Michigan, calling him a “jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member” and claiming he was “on the side of the terrorists.”
Trump said El-Sayed would “have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate.” He also invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and compared preventing El-Sayed from entering the Senate chamber with the actions of passengers who resisted hijackers aboard United Flight 93.
El-Sayed, a former Detroit health official who is running against Republican Mike Rogers in the Nov. 3 midterm election, has denied ties to extremist organizations and said “absolutely” when recently asked whether he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. Responding at a Grand Rapids rally Sunday, he told supporters that Trump could call him “senator” after the election.
Bishara Bahbah, a founder of Arab Americans for Trump, condemned the president’s comments as racist and said they had crossed “a red line.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, campaigning with El-Sayed, accused Trump and his allies of using Islamophobia to foment “hatred and divisiveness.”
Trump appeared in Michigan to support Rogers and Republican gubernatorial candidate John James. El-Sayed would become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate if he wins.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 3 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 18 h after the record first saw the story; the editor kept it as written.
- Publishers
- 21
- Source articles
- 22
- Given to the writer
- 8, 3 with the article's own text
- Independent newsrooms
- 8
- This version written
- 18 h after the record first saw the story
- Second model (editor)
- kept as written
- Publication gate
- passed
- Human review
- none
WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and published it as written.
Written by a language model from the sources above, then checked by a second model that may only cut, attribute or correct. How it works →