Critics on social media slammed President Donald Trump on Friday after he made even more incendiary remarks about Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, urging voters to “fire him.”
“You can’t vote for Mike Rogers, not for this other guy, because he doesn’t like Jews and he doesn’t like black people,” Trump said at a rally in Florida. “I’m talking about Abdul. Abdul is not a big fan of the Jewish people, and he is not a big fan of black people. And I hope you vote against him and send him back where he came from.”
Trump has maintained a series of Islamophobic attacks against El-Sayed that suggest he is not American – but many commentators have pointed out that El-Sayed was born in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Trump has made similar statements in the past about various Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-M.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-M.). These last three congresswomen were all born in the United States.
Trump’s comments Friday echo those made by Vice President JD Vance earlier this month.
“You deserve better than a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show some gratitude to the country that gave him everything,” Vance said at the time.
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