El-Sayed Is National Security Threat, Gov’t Says
Why you’re not allowed to vote for the Michigan populist
El-Sayed Is National Security Threat, Gov’t Says
Why you’re not allowed to vote for the Michigan populist
Ken Klippenstein
Oct 27, 2026
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Abdul El-Sayed campaigning for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat
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“Jihadist,” “Muslim Brotherhood guy,” “on the side of the terrorists” — these are the kinds of smears Donald Trump is deploying against Abdul El-Sayed.
There’s the naked racism, of course, but also the insinuation that El-Sayed’s candidacy represents a national security crisis. “He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate,” Trump said Sunday at a rally for El-Sayed’s opponent.
A quarter century after 9/11 and we still have to pass through metal detectors to get on a plane. Now the government wants your vote to pass through the same security theater, too.
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