President Donald J. Trump ramped up his attacks on “jihadist” Democrat Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, suggesting that blacks and Jews who vote for him are lacking in the smarts department.
Looking to close the deal with Republican voters, the MAGA leader has spent the last month crisscrossing the country for an exhaustive series of rallies to boost conservative turnout and once again rub the pollsters’ faces in their own “fake” polls.
One of the most closely watched races is the one in the Wolverine State where El-Sayed is in a dogfight with Trump-endorsed former GOP congressman Mike Rogers, a contest that has drawn the president’s focus in the waning days before voters go to the polls.
The president slammed the Democrat – who has been alleged to have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood – during a Friday rally in Daytona Beach, Florida.
President Trump on U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI): “If you’re black or if you’re Jewish and you vote for Abdul, you’re not smart.” https://t.co/CBuyDJTpZb
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 31, 2026
“In state after state, the ‘Dumocrat Party’ has nominated the most extreme and dangerous radicals in American history,” Trump told his audience. “The guy in Michigan? Abdul, how are you, Abdul?”
The mere mention of El-Sayed’s name was enough to draw boos and hisses from the crowd of MAGA loyalists.
“He’s a jihadist!” Trump exclaimed. “Abdul’s a jihadist,” before referring to conversations that he said he had with friends about the race in Michigan.
“I have a friend. He’s Jewish. He said, ‘What do you think I should do in Michigan?’ I said, ‘Are you stupid?’” Trump told the crowd. “He’s not voting for Abdul. I have another friend. He’s black. He said, ‘What do you recommend?’ I said, ‘I recommend you go Republican,’ and he said, ‘Okay, that’s what I’m gonna do.’”
“No, if you’re black or if you’re Jewish, and you vote for Abdul, you’re not smart,” the president said. “I’m being nice. You’re not smart.”
Trump’s remarks are the second time in recent days that he has called out blacks and Jews who cast their vote for the “jihadist” in Michigan.
TRUMP: If you’re Black, or if you’re Jewish, and you vote for Abdul, you’re crazy. You’re crazy anyway. https://t.co/crsDl2ns3c
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2026
“If you’re black or if you’re Jewish, and if you vote for Abdul, you’re crazy, OK,” he said at a Thursday rally in Rock Hill, S.C.
“You’re crazy anyway. But if you’re black or Jewish and you vote — the things that this guy has said is … ” Trump added.
Last year, Trump threw in his two cents in the New York Mayoral contest where he was even more blunt about Jewish people who would vote for “communist lunatic” Zohran Mamdani.
“Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!!” Trump wrote in a November 2025 Truth Social post shortly before New Yorkers elected him mayor.
The charismatic El-Sayed has been likened to Mamdani by some.
People in both Florida and South Carolina aren’t eligible to vote for or against El-Sayed, but it sure fires up the crowd, and it is vital that Trump juices voter enthusiasm with the midterms just days away.
