President Trump turned a Sunday rally in Dubuque, Iowa, into a blistering rejection of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, while offering unusually warm praise to Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, as reported [1] by The Gateway Pundit.
Trump described Stevens, who had opposed El-Sayed in the primary, as “very brave” and openly invited her to join the Republican Party. His praise followed what he called “very big news this morning from Michigan.”
The president said Stevens had endorsed Rogers and was campaigning with him. Trump presented Rogers as a reassuring choice, telling the audience, “He’s apple pie. Mike Rogers is apple pie, and you know what this country needs? A little apple pie.”
Trump said he had never met Stevens, but argued that she had voiced what others would not. He credited her with showing “great and almost unprecedented loyalty to the great people of Michigan” and called the Senate election important.
“I’d love her to join the Republican Party, actually. I think that could happen maybe,” Trump said. The invitation came as Stevens faced fierce blowback from fellow Democrats over the Rogers endorsement.
The source reported that Michigan’s Democratic Party chairman had declared that Stevens was no longer a member of the party. It also said other leading Democrats were lashing out at her.
Trump contrasted that praise with a scorching assessment of El-Sayed. Referring to the candidate’s recent anger over being called Mohammed on the campaign trail, Trump defended his own language and accused El-Sayed of arrogance.
Trump said he called the candidate Mohammed rather than Abdul “for certain reasons.” He argued that, as president, he could call El-Sayed whatever he wanted and said the country did not need people who would destroy it.
He then sharpened the attack: “He’s a disaster. He’s a nasty guy, and hopefully he gets his ass kicked because that’s what he knows,” Trump said. He also labeled El-Sayed “arrogant” over his recent anger on the campaign trail.
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Earlier in his remarks, Trump pointed to recent reports about El-Sayed’s signature-gathering activity in early 2026. He said the candidate had campaigned and solicited signatures at multiple radical Islamic mosques.
According to Trump, those mosques had called the United States “the House of Satan” and called for “the final annihilation of Jews.” He told the crowd the revelations concerned how El-Sayed had qualified for the ballot.
Trump mocked what he portrayed as El-Sayed’s subsequent response, saying, “Now he says, ‘Oh no, I think Jews are wonderful.’” He then warned Jewish and black voters against supporting the candidate and repeatedly called the choice crazy.
The president’s language grew even harsher as he called El-Sayed a “lunatic” and a “jihadist lunatic.” Trump said black voters, African American voters, and Jewish voters would be crazy to back a candidate he accused of wanting to destroy them.
Trump also said El-Sayed was “worse with blacks than he is with Jews.” His remarks tied the Michigan contest to his broader warning that Republicans did not want a jihadist in the Senate.
The president closed that portion of his attack with a joke about Senate security. He imagined El-Sayed among 100 senators and said, “We’re going to have to get a special metal detector for Abdul.”
The combination of praise and punishment defined Trump’s message. Stevens received public credit for crossing her party, Rogers got the apple pie treatment, and El-Sayed became the target of the president’s most caustic lines.
Throughout the speech, Trump treated the Michigan race as “another important election for us.” His message left little doubt about his preferred outcome, with Rogers winning after Stevens broke with her own party to support him.
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