# Trump launches racist diatribe against Abdul El-Sayed at Iowa rally

https://mins.news/en/item/124783

- The Guardian, 2026-11-02 00:16 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/01/trump-iowa-rally

> Donald Trump repeatedly called Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed a “jihadist” at an Iowa campaign event and said Congress would need a special metal detector for him if elected. Trump praised El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, and Haley Stevens, who had switched her support to Rogers.

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