President Donald Trump declared that Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers “completely obliterated” Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed in a Thursday night debate, posting his verdict to Truth Social shortly after midnight Friday.
“Mike Rogers, the great American Patriot and Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, completely obliterated Mohammad El-Sayed in the big debate tonight. If this was a fight they would have stopped it,” Trump wrote.
The president’s post went further than a simple endorsement of the debate performance. “Mohammad is a Jihadist lunatic who hates our Country, the Black People of Detroit, and wants to see the U.S. fail. Short on Stature, Patriotism, and Truth, Mohammed’s statements have been loaded up with lies and deceit. I won Michigan BIG, and know that Mike Rogers, a total winner, is the man for you!!!” he added.
It was not the first time this week Trump has used sharp language against El-Sayed. In a Wednesday Truth Social post, he wrote, “Mohammed El-Sayed is a terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats. While his opponent, Mike Rogers, is an extremely good one, Mohammed goes back to the days of the Jihad. He is a RADICAL Extremist, Terrorist Sympathizer, and no different from his best friend, America Hating Hasan Piker.”
Neither El-Sayed’s campaign nor the White House immediately responded to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, which first reported the president’s remarks.
Trump has endorsed Rogers, a former U.S. House member who represented Michigan from early 2001 until early 2015. The president backed Rogers in 2024 as well, but Rogers lost that race to then-Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
El-Sayed, whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, responded Thursday in a statement addressing the repeated use of a name he does not go by.
“He knows my name is Abdul. He says it every day. But he’s not just attacking me. He’s attacking all of us. He thinks so low of us. He thinks he can use my name and my faith to distract us from the suffering his policies are inflicting on us at the pump, at the grocery store, and at the doctor’s office. He thinks we don’t know any better. It’s time for change.”
The exchange reflects a race that has grown increasingly personal, with the Thursday debate itself reportedly including sharp clashes between the two candidates over Israel, Iran and other issues.
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