‘Deflections’: Abdul El-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks
The Democratic candidate for the US Senate has been the subject of Islamophobic attacks from Trump.
Detroit, Michigan – Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has dismissed United States President Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks against him, saying that they are an attempt to move the attention away from the president’s own record.
At a news conference in Detroit on Monday, El-Sayed said Trump is trying to distract from issues that matter to Americans – including petrol prices and the war on Iran – by accusing the Democratic candidate of being a “jihadist”.
“They have nothing to say about solving the problems in your life. They’re not talking about you,” the Democratic candidate said of Republicans.
El-Sayed laughed off the suggestion that he may personally be a physical threat to Congress. “He knows I got those Wolverine claws,” he said, a reference to the sports teams of his alma mater, the University of Michigan.