# ‘Deflections and deceptions’: El-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks

https://mins.news/en/video/116463

- NBC News, 2026-10-26 20:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUEYINOgBs

> Trump headed to Mississippi after escalating racially charged attacks on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed while campaigning in Michigan. NBC News journalists discuss the president’s closing messages with eight days remaining before the midterms.

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