Trump calls El-Sayed ‘jihadist’ ahead of final midterm speech at Reflecting Pool

Even while campaigning in Iowa Sunday, the president took aim at Democrat Abdul El-Sayed with some remarks about his Muslim faith. Trump was in Iowa and Kansas over the weekend, trying to boost Republicans in two states he won comfortably in 2024, but where the GOP now faces competitive Senate races. And in Iowa, he kept coming back to Michigan. That's another important election for us. We don't wanna have a jihadist. We don't wanna Can you imagine we'll have to put him through metal detectors in order to see? We'll have 100 senators, and most of them can go direct. We're going to have to get a special metal detector for Abdul. A party that hates America cannot be allowed to lead the people who built America. Trump then headed to Kansas for his final rally of the weekend, urging supporters to turn out Tuesday to keep Republicans in control of Congress. Both rallies had actually been canceled last week in favor of campaign events by phone before being put back on the schedule Friday. The president has now held more than two dozen rallies across 19 states since the start of October, and he's not finished just yet. Trump is expected to deliver his final midterm campaign pitch today at 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.