El Sayed says Donald and Melania ‘don’t like each other’ after Trump post
Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Michigan’s open Senate seat, publicly responded to a recent social media post by Donald Trump that displayed a side-by-side photo of Trump and Melania Trump at an inaugural ball and el Sayed sitting at a restaurant with his wife wearing a hijab, captioned “Two VERY DIFFERENT America’s.” Trump’s post appeared to criticize el Sayed’s Muslim faith and political stance, prompting el Sayed to criticize Trump’s marriage and question the authenticity of the President and First Lady’s relationship.
El Sayed emphasized that Trump engages in divisive messaging, contrasting it with his vision of America as a place where families can thrive. He also addressed Trump’s focus on affordability issues, criticizing the administration’s policies amid ongoing conflicts like the iran war.
Regarding accusations of antisemitism, el Sayed defended his support for Jewish communities, expressing admiration for Judaism and his personal experiences with Jewish traditions. He also criticized pro-Israel lobbying efforts like AIPAC for their influence on U.S. foreign policy. Despite financial backing from important Democrats, el Sayed’s campaign remains competitive against republican mike Rogers, whom he is preparing to face in the upcoming election.
Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Michigan, fired back at President Donald Trump for posting a photo that juxtaposes the first couple with the progressive candidate and his spouse.
The Truth Social post that Trump made late Saturday night showed Trump and first lady Melania Trump smiling while attending one of the three inaugural balls last year, compared to el Sayed sitting at a restaurant with his wife, who’s wearing a hijab. The post’s caption read: “Two VERY DIFFERENT America’s.”
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The message suggests Trump is attacking the Muslim Democrat for his political and religious beliefs. El Sayed responded to that post in an interview on Sunday morning, taking a shot at the president’s marriage.
“Yeah, he’s right,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union. “One in which your overlords are two people who don’t like each other but join in the interest of making billions of dollars off of you, or two people who genuinely love each other, enjoyed some pancakes together, want to come together to build the kind of America where they can raise a family and know that that family is going to have the good things.”
“So yes, you got two different visions of America,” he added before criticizing Trump on affordability. “Can you afford your gas? Can you afford your groceries? Do you believe when you look your kids in the eye that they’re going to have a better future than you did?”
Affordability has been a sore issue for Trump amid the prolonged Iran war, which Democrats have sought to use to their advantage in the midterm elections.
El Sayed reiterated his claim that the president and first lady don’t truly love each other.
“Actually, Sarah and I like each other,” he said. “I don’t know about the first lady and the president, but from what I’ve heard, it’s a bit of a rocky road.”
Since el Sayed’s primary win last week, Trump has ramped up his political attacks against the progressive Democrat who, the president claims, “hates Jews and Israel.” El Sayed has been accused of being antisemitic for campaigning with left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who himself has been accused of antisemitism over remarks favoring Hamas, and opposing unconditional U.S. aid to Israel.
In rebutting Trump’s antisemitism accusations, el Sayed pointed to his admiration of the Jewish people.
“I love and revere Judaism and the Jewish people. I believe they’re a light unto the world,” he said. “I grew up in a community that had a large Jewish population. I was so grateful to get to be invited to Seder and to Shul and to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.”
“I’m really honored for what I learned and got to share with my Jewish sisters and brothers, but they are not the same as AIPAC in Israel,” he continued. “AIPAC is an organization that spent what, $30 million to beat me, so that they could have one vote, one more vote in the U.S. Senate to guarantee that our taxpayer dollars would be sent abroad to subsidize a foreign government’s military to do the worst things: genocide, apartheid, take us into wars we have no business fighting.”
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El Sayed’s stance on the pro-Israel lobby was in stark contrast to that of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who benefited from such donations during her primary campaign. However, the money wasn’t enough to beat el Sayed.
With endorsements from former Vice President Kamala Harris and other high-profile Democrats, including Stevens, the physician-turned-candidate is gearing up for the general election in which he will face Republican nominee and former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers.
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