Trump faces backlash after invoking 9/11 in verbal assault on El-Sayed
President Trump is facing a backlash after invoking the September 11 attacks during a Michigan rally attack on Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, with critics calling the remarks Islamophobic.
President Trump is facing a backlash after invoking the September 11 attacks during a rally in Michigan, where he attacked Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
At the rally, Trump called El-Sayed a jihadist, brought up September 11, and said El-Sayed would need a metal detector to enter the Senate.
Critics condemned the attack as Islamophobic, saying it targeted El-Sayed's name and faith rather than his policies.
El-Sayed fired back, saying voters care about gas, groceries and doctors, not his name or his faith. Bernie Sanders, standing beside him, said opponents use fear because they have nothing to say on the real issues.
The Michigan race is one of the closest in America, and its outcome could decide control of Congress.
Reporting based on coverage from BBC News.