President Donald Trump said that Michigan GOP U.S.Senate candidate former Rep.
Mike Rogers "obliterated" Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed in a Thursday night debate."Mike Rogers, the great American Patriot and Republican Candidate for the U.S.Senate from Michigan, completely obliterated Mohammad El-Sayed in the big debate tonight.
If this was a fight they would have stopped it," the president declared in a Truth Social post issued shortly after midnight on Friday."Mohammad is a Jihadist lunatic who hates our Country, the Black People of Detroit, and wants to see the U.S.fail.
Short on Stature, Patriotism, and Truth, Mohammed’s statements have been loaded up with lies and deceit.I won Michigan BIG, and know that Mike Rogers, a total winner, is the man for you!!!" Trump added.MICHIGAN SENATE DEBATE ERUPTS INTO PERSONAL ATTACKS AS ROGERS, EL-SAYED CLASH OVER ISRAEL, IRAN AND MOREDemocratic nominee for U.S.
Senate Abdul El-Sayed, left, appears with Republican nominee for U.S.Senate Mike Rogers during a televised debate at WOOD-TV, on Thursday, Oct.
8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)El-Sayed's campaign and the White House did not immediately respond for comment to Fox News Digital. Trump has endorsed Rogers, who previously served in the U.S.
House of Representatives from early 2001 until early 2015.Trump also backed Rogers in 2024, but the GOP candidate lost the 2024 Michigan U.S.
Senate race to then-Democratic Rep.Elissa Slotkin.EL-SAYED'S SCATHING OBAMA CRITIQUE RESURFACES AHEAD OF JOINT CAMPAIGN RALLYU.S.
President Donald Trump and GOP U.S.Senate candidate former Rep.
Mike Rogers shake hands at the General Motors Proving Ground testing facility in Milford, Mich., on Monday, July 27, 2026.(Sarah Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images)In part of a Wednesday Truth Social post, the president wrote, "Mohammed El-Sayed is a terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats.
While his opponent, Mike Rogers, is an extremely good one, Mohammed goes back to ...