Grand Rapids, United States, Oct 8, 2026 (AFP) - Trump misnames Muslim senate candidate 'Mohammed'

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President Donald Trump misnamed Muslim candidate for the US Senate Abdul El-Sayed on Thursday, calling him Mohammed and baselessly accusing him of being a "Terrorist Sympathizer." El-Sayed, an Arab American running for a Michigan senate seat that could decide which party wins the US upper chamber in knife-edge midterm polls next month, fired back, saying "he knows my name." Left-wing insurgent candidate El-Sayed accused Trump of "using my name a......

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