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El-Sayed fires back at Trump's "Abdul Ramadan" jab, blames Iran war for prices
Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed told supporters in Pontiac that his name and faith are not driving up gas and grocery prices, blaming the war in Iran days before his Nov. 3 race against Republican Mike Rogers.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, hit back at President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on his name and religion, telling supporters that the war in Iran, not his Muslim faith, is behind the rising cost of living.
"My name and my faith are not raising your gas prices," El-Sayed said at a campaign event in Pontiac, Michigan. "They're not the reason you can't afford your groceries. Not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are doing that."
He called the conflict "their illegal, unjustifiable, unethical, unnecessary war in Iran," saying it was "raising the price of our gas and our groceries."
"Abdul Ramadan"
El-Sayed also turned one of Trump's nicknames for him into a punchline. "Trump called me Abdul Ramadan," he said, noting that Ramadan is the month in which Muslims fast. "He's about to make all of us fast because groceries are too damn expensive."
Trump has made El-Sayed a frequent target in the closing weeks of the campaign, repeatedly calling him "Mohammed." At an Oct. 25 rally in Port Huron, he labeled him a "jihadist" and said he would "have to go through a metal detector" before entering the Senate. Trump and other Republicans have also accused him of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed denies the claims, and no evidence has emerged to support them.
A tight race
El-Sayed, a physician and former Wayne County health director, faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers on Nov. 3 for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. If elected, he would become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate.
The contest is one of several that could decide control of the Senate. Former President Barack Obama campaigned for El-Sayed in Detroit on Oct. 24, while Republicans have been on the defensive over inflation, high fuel prices and the Iran war.
Cover photo: Conlan Houston / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped
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