A debate between candidates for U.S. Senate from Michigan had the Democrat Socialist blasting President Donald Trump, complaining his opponent is a “rubber stamp” for the president.
While the GOP candidate warned that his opponent “has taken money from individuals on his campaign who openly support Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaida” and more.
The race is considered one of the most competitive contests in the nation, with millions of dollars pouring into Michigan from both parties. Republican Mike Rogers is opposing Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, a controversial figure even among Democrats because of his extremist ideologies and socialist agenda.
Rogers charged of El-Sayed, “He’s taken money from groups associated and support the Muslim Brotherhood. He has taken money from individuals on his campaign who openly support Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaida. He’s taken money from the George Soros family.”
El-Sayed claims Rogers is a “rubber stamp” for Trump, whose work during his terms in office include halting a number of wars around the world, bringing an end to Iran’s threat to obtain and use nuclear weapons against civilians in Israel, and a move toward a more limited, and less costly, federal government.
El-Sayed noted, “This is about whether you can afford your gas, your groceries, and can see a doctor. It’s about whether or not you trust your Senator to stand up for you against Trump.”
Videos posted online included that from President Trump, who confirmed Rogers “obliterated Mohammad El-Sayed.”
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. 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!!! President DJT ( TS: Oct 9 2026, 12:02 AM ET )
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) October 9, 2026
Loomer Unleashed said Rogers credited his mother with working for the Chamber of Commerce while El-Sayed’s worked for “that organization that was indicted for funneling money to al-Qaida.”
Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed played the victim during tonight’s Michigan U.S. Senate debate when Mike Rogers @MikeRogersForMI called him out for his family’s Islamic terrorist ties. Mike Rogers: “Someone in your family that might be on the terror watch list. Are you gonna go ahead and…” Abdul: “Go ahead and say it.” Mike Rogers: “No, I’m gonna say, did you not have family? Did you not?” Abdul El-Sayed: “Just say it. Say it.” Mike Rogers went on to tell Abdul: “What your mom was working at. I was going off to that organization that was indicted for funneling money to Al Qaeda. That’s your mom. My mom worked at the Chamber of Commerce. I’ll put my mom up any day for that.” Pretty remarkable debate exchange.
— Loomer Unleashed (@LoomerUnleashed) October 9, 2026
They argued about the properties they own: Rogers’ in Florida and El-Sayed’s apparently overseas.
MIC DROP MOMENT in the Michigan Senate debate! Mike Rogers: “He says his home is Egypt.” Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: “My home is Michigan. YOU live in Florida.” https://t.co/7rw0YWlRKQ
— Dr Ahmad Rehan Khan (@AhmadRehanKhan) October 9, 2026
And Rogers cited the socialist’s “refusal to condemn the IRGC,” that terror-supporting faction in Iran.
Mike Rogers just put Abdul El-Sayed on the SPOT over his refusal to condemn the IRGC. And his closing line was BRUTAL. Last month, a Persian University of Michigan student confronted El-Sayed about the Iranian regime. He danced around the question without condemning the terrorist organization. Rogers brought it up again during tonight’s debate, and he wasn’t about to let the issue slide. El-Sayed was, once again, noticeably quiet. ROGERS: “My opponent here would not condemn IRGC, which today is hanging two 19 year-old kids for saying that they want freedom in their homeland.” “This is the same IRGC that has killed American troops in Iraq. That has blood on their hands, tried a terrorist attack here in the United States.” “If you can’t condemn the IRGC, you have no business in the United States Senate!” Exactly. If you want a seat in the U.S. Senate, Rogers says, you should be able to condemn the IRGC.
— Overton (@overton_news) October 8, 2026
🚨JUST IN: Karoline Leavitt just said what Michigan already saw. Abdul El-Sayed got crushed. Mike Rogers exposed him for the fraud he is. On the debate stage he defended abolishing prisons and defunding the police. His words: those sound pretty good to me. Picture Michigan with no prisons. Every murderer and rapist back on the street. That’s the platform. He’s trying to sand down the edges now. The record doesn’t move. 26 days. Vote for the country you want to live in. Safe streets, a real border, or the far left running the Senate. Rogers did the job tonight. Now Michigan has to finish it!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 9, 2026
🔥🚨 WATCH — Mike Rogers DESTROYS radical Islamist Abdul El-Sayed during Michigan Senate Debate: “This is why you should get absolutely angry. He could not bring himself to even acknowledge the pain, the terrorism, the rape, the murders, cutting off of women’s breasts, putting children in ovens and killing them in front of their families. Could not even muster.” El-Sayed answered that he is not someone who tries to make political theater out of other people’s pain. Rogers did not let the costume survive the sentence. “Your whole campaign is political theater, including putting on a white jacket to call yourself a doctor.” That is a Senate race in one exchange. A candidate who will not acknowledge the worst day for Jews since the Holocaust. https://t.co/SJbgTrGMym
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) October 9, 2026
🚨 Ad airs during the Michigan Senate Debate showing Taylor Weintraub, lifelong Michigan Democrat who says she’s voting for Mike Rogers https://t.co/M9uSdymlwo
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) October 9, 2026
A report at the Center Square said both sides claimed victory.
“One thing that was made clear tonight – Mike Rogers is going to win in November. Mike showcased exactly what his priority is: serving the people of Michigan,” said Rogers’ Campaign Communications Director Alyssa Brouillet. “All Conman Abdul El-Sayed gave them were lies. He continues to dodge the hard-hitting questions and to leave Michiganders without answers.”
El-Sayed’s campaign said, “Abdul El-Sayed dominated tonight’s U.S. Senate debate, putting Mike Rogers on the defensive over his corrupt Washington record, deep ties to corporate special interests, and full-throated support for Trump policies that are crushing Michiganders with higher costs on everything from gas and groceries to healthcare.”
