Trump Comments on Debate Between Rogers and El-Sayed

<p>President Donald Trump stated that Michigan GOP U.S. Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers "obliterated" Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed during a debate on Thursday night.</p><p>In a post on Truth Social issued shortly after midnight on Friday, Trump said, "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."</p><p>Trump continued, "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!"</p><p>El-Sayed's campaign and the White House did not immediately respond for comment to Fox News Digital.</p><p>Trump has endorsed Rogers, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from early 2001 until early 2015. Trump also backed Rogers in 2024, but the GOP candidate lost the 2024 Michigan U.S. Senate race to then-Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin.</p><p>In a Wednesday Truth Social post, Trump described El-Sayed as a "terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats" and characterized him as a "RADICAL Extremist, Terrorist Sympathizer."</p><p>El-Sayed, whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, responded in a statement on Thursday, saying, "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."</p>