{"id":2339,"date":"2026-08-06T23:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:41:32","slug":"republicans-are-running-ads-attacking-abdulrahman-mohamed-el-sayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2339","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Are Running Ads Attacking &#8216;Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Moments after Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won his Michigan Senate primary, Republicans released their first general election attack ad against him \u2014 this time, using his full name.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2337\">DOJ Sued Over Trump Tax-Audit Immunity Deal<\/a><\/p><p>Ahead of El-Sayed\u2019s November matchup against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and other GOP officials began to draw attention to the Democrat\u2019s full name: Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.<\/p>\n<p>The NRSC had almost exclusively referred to El-Sayed, who could become the country\u2019s first Muslim senator, by the shorter version of his name until this week. Using his full name, the committee\u2019s <span><u>debut ad<\/u><\/span> slammed him as \u201cthe most radical Senate candidate in America\u201d and connected him to the Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s Egyptian branch, which the State Department recently <span><u>classified<\/u><\/span> as a terrorist group.<\/p><p>Other examples immediately started piling up, from the Republican National Committee <span><u>casting<\/u><\/span> El-Sayed by full name as a \u201cterrorist supporter\u201d to NRSC Vice Chair Jim Banks\u2019 comments saying Michigan\u2019s union Democrats wouldn\u2019t \u201cwant to vote for a guy like Abdulrahman El-Sayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Congress\" class=\"wp-image-2331\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3f03a01ef907f3a83ccd50ca0512b90b-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3f03a01ef907f3a83ccd50ca0512b90b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3f03a01ef907f3a83ccd50ca0512b90b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3f03a01ef907f3a83ccd50ca0512b90b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Mitch McConnell Is Voting, But He\u2019s Still on Medical Leave\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ted Cruz 8\/4\/26\" class=\"wp-image-2298\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Dana Milbank:<\/u> Ted Cruz Threw an Islamophobic Party \u2014 And Nobody Showed Up\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeanine Pirro\" class=\"wp-image-2330\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/841cb756fda6af3d843966995d5dcd96-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/841cb756fda6af3d843966995d5dcd96-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/841cb756fda6af3d843966995d5dcd96-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/841cb756fda6af3d843966995d5dcd96.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Jeanine Pirro Finds Her Limit\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<picture>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Byron Donalds\" class=\"Image\" data-image-size=\"standardStory\" height=\"220\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/abb457c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1861x1241+0+0\/resize\/330x220!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F70%2F8d%2F15e100c54996a7cf2ed6b77cb51f%2Fbyrondonalds.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/abb457c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1861x1241+0+0\/resize\/330x220!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F70%2F8d%2F15e100c54996a7cf2ed6b77cb51f%2Fbyrondonalds.png 1x,https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/276f3df\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1861x1241+0+0\/resize\/660x440!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F70%2F8d%2F15e100c54996a7cf2ed6b77cb51f%2Fbyrondonalds.png 2x,https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/51f8ad5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1861x1241+0+0\/resize\/990x660!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F70%2F8d%2F15e100c54996a7cf2ed6b77cb51f%2Fbyrondonalds.png 3x\" width=\"330\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rep. Byron Donalds Received Mercy After Two Arrests. Now, He\u2019s Making Sentences Tougher For D.C. Youth.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Emphasizing El-Sayed\u2019s full name and casting him as a terrorist follows a familiar strategy of using Islamophobic rhetoric to target Democrats of color: Conservatives often <span><u>invoked<\/u><\/span> \u2014 and, sometimes, <span><u>continue<\/u><\/span> to invoke \u2014 former President Barack Obama\u2019s <span><u>middle name<\/u><\/span>, Hussein, as a derogatory reference despite his not being Muslim. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani encountered <span><u>Islamophobic comments<\/u><\/span> during and after his campaign, while former Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison <span><u>faced repeated attacks<\/u><\/span> over his faith as the first Muslim to serve in Congress.<\/p><p><span><i>Sign up for the NOTUS Metro newsletter for essential coverage of the D.C. region<\/i><\/span><span><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p>\u201cThat\u2019s the only play they got. They\u2019re gonna point at me, they\u2019re going to point at my name, like, \u2018Wow, he\u2019s different,\u2019\u201d El-Sayed said in a news conference Wednesday. \u201cYou can\u2019t actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not taking us to war. My name is not the reason you can\u2019t afford your groceries.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThis is the best place in the world to be Abdul,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting candidates based on their Muslim faith or perceived connection to the religion is commonplace, said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations\u2019 Michigan chapter. But this behavior is rarely admonished in public, he added.<\/p><p>\u201cIslamophobia is the accepted form of bigotry in American politics,\u201d Walid said.<\/p><p>Republicans are framing the attacks on El-Sayed as a response to his denunciation of Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza, a campaign issue that has <span><u>loomed over<\/u><\/span> many of Michigan\u2019s elections this cycle. The NRSC\u2019s first general election attack ad called out his connection to left-leaning streamer Hasan Piker, with whom the Michigan Democrat has <span><u>campaigned<\/u><\/span> this year. El-Sayed says he <span><u>supports<\/u><\/span> \u201cequal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cAnd to all of my sisters and brothers of the Jewish faith or any faith or no faith at all,\u201d El-Sayed said Wednesday, \u201cI want you to know that my commitment to your safety \u2014 my commitment to Jewish safety \u2014 is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters.\u201d<\/p><p>Beyond using his full name, many Republicans are characterizing the progressive candidate as everything from a \u201cterrorist\u201d to a \u201cradical\u201d to a \u201ccommunist.\u201d Rogers called El-Sayed an \u201cextremist\u201d and linked him to the Muslim Brotherhood in a <span><u>statement<\/u><\/span> Wednesday.<\/p><p>\u201cI spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama Bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9\/11,\u201d misattributing Piker\u2019s words to El-Sayed, who has never made those comments.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2333\">Rep. Julie Johnson Violated Transparency Law With Dozens of Late Stock Disclosures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NRSC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p><p>An RNC press release <span><u>used<\/u><\/span> El-Sayed\u2019s name as wordplay, saying, \u201cAbdulrahman Mohamed El-Is A Terrorist Sympathizer Who Wants To Take A Sledgehammer To America, Believes America Deserved 9\/11, And Let Terrorists Run The Show.\u201d<\/p><p>After El-Sayed was declared the winner on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson warned against communism, part of an emerging conservative talking point meant to dissuade moderates from supporting progressive candidates.<\/p><p>\u201cWe must take a stand and FIGHT to protect the greatest nation in the history of the world from being overrun by Mini Mamdanis,\u201d he said on <span><u>social media<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>President Donald Trump, who prominently promoted \u201cbirther\u201d conspiracies against Obama and frequently references his predecessor\u2019s middle name, accused El-Sayed of being a \u201chater of Jews and Israel\u201d as he veered into an extended riff <span><u>on communism<\/u><\/span> during an economic rally speech.<\/p><p>\u201cAbdul El-Sayed. Can you believe this? This could only happen to me,\u201d Trump <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> on Wednesday, over-enunciating the Michigan Democrats\u2019 name to boos from the audience. \u201cAbdul El-Sayed, lovely gentleman \u2014 he\u2019s a man of hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump referenced El-Sayed\u2019s full name again on Thursday, <span><u>writing<\/u><\/span> on Truth Social that the only thing they had in common was their desire to <span><u>end the filibuster<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>Michigan holds some of America\u2019s largest Muslim and Arab-American populations \u2014 though El-Sayed\u2019s primary win shows a wide percentage of people outside of those communities didn\u2019t hold his religion \u201cagainst him,\u201d Walid said.<\/p><p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), who backed El-Sayed ahead of the primary, said the \u201cname-calling\u201d is distracting from policy issues.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s ugly,\u201d Warren told reporters Wednesday. \u201cI wish it wouldn\u2019t happen in America, but at the end of the day, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to work. I think people see through that now, and they want to hear how their candidate for Senate is going to make their lives better.\u201d<\/p><p><i>This story has been updated to include the president\u2019s Thursday Truth Social post.<\/i><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2325\">Democrats \u2018Plant a Flag\u2019 Against Hegseth\u2019s Media Restrictions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate candidate said he saw this coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-michigan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Republicans Are Running Ads Attacking &#039;Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed&#039; 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