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‘It’s just straight bigotry’: Trump leads wave of Islamophobic rhetoric as midterms loom
As Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climate
Within hours of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic US Senate primary, Republican senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama declared that the party had “just voted to send a TERRORIST” to Washington.
El-Sayed – or “Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed”, as Tuberville called him on X – was a “RADICAL ISLAMIST” who would “do everything he can to destroy America”, he claimed.
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington · Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 3:00 AM
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As Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climate
Within hours of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic US Senate primary, Republican senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama declared that the party had “just voted to send a TERRORIST” to Washington.
El-Sayed – or “Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed”, as Tuberville called him on X – was a “RADICAL ISLAMIST” who would “do everything he can to destroy America”, he claimed.
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