Michigan Democrat Abdul el Sayed taunted President Donald Trump for recently posting a photo that contrasts the first couple with the progressive candidate and his wife.
Over one week ago, Trump made a Truth Social post that featured himself and first lady Melania Trump juxtaposed against el Sayed and Sarah Jukaku, who was wearing a hijab. The message was designed to attack el Sayed’s vision for America. The White House later posted a video along those same lines.
El Sayed dismissed the politically motivated criticism last week, and he now has his own message for the president.
“Come at us, bro,” he answered in response to a question from progressive political commentator Jack Cocchiarella. “My wife has more strength than he has ever had. So come at us, see what happens.”
Earlier this month, el Sayed won the Democratic primary for the Senate in Michigan in a head-to-head matchup with Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI). The nominee now turns his attention to November, when he will face former Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, whom Trump endorsed.
“At the end of the day, [Trump’s] going to turn me into the main character of the midterms, which I’m totally cool with because my whole argument about Mike Rogers is he’s always been an NPC [non-playable character],” el Sayed said of his Republican opponent in the upcoming general election. “He’s a sock puppet. The question is who inserts themselves in him and then controls his mouth.”
EL SAYED SAYS DONALD AND MELANIA ‘DON’T LIKE EACH OTHER’ AFTER TRUMP’S COUPLE PHOTO POST
El Sayed is running for the Senate with support from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), although he left out their endorsements from a campaign advertisement for the general election last week. The Democratic candidate is also backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who visited Michigan last weekend to stump for el Sayed.
An average of recent polls shows Rogers is 1 point ahead of el Sayed three months away from the general election, illustrating an extremely narrow race. Rogers is running for the Senate again after he lost to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in 2024.