Trump Calls Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed a Jihadist, Questions His Medical Credentials
Photo: Straight Arrow NewsPresident Donald Trump on Sunday described Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdulrahman El-Sayed as a jihadist and said he should not be allowed to serve in the Senate. Trump spoke on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, answering a question from Breitbart News before flying to Michigan to rally for Republicans, including Senate candidate Mike Rogers. He said he had been told El-Sayed is practicing medicine illegally and that seeing a patient would be unlawful. Trump also alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties, and El-Sayed responded sharply. El-Sayed has a medical degree but appears never to have completed the post-medical-school requirements for licensure, though he has long called himself a physician and has appeared in a white coat. Trump also commented on a letter El-Sayed co-signed.
Right-leaning Breitbart leads with Trump's remarks and builds the story around El-Sayed's portrayal of himself as a doctor. It quotes Trump at length, notes the licensing gap, and says the New York Times called El-Sayed a doctor 42 times in one debate article but called Rand Paul "Mr. Paul" in 2010. It also promotes a clip of Sen. Bernie Moreno. It does not mention El-Sayed's reply. Straight Arrow News, an independent outlet, covers the remark as one item in a Monday roundup led by Brazil's election. It cites the Muslim Brotherhood allegation and El-Sayed's sharp response, but omits the licensing and media-comparison detail. Left-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; only alternative and right-leaning outlets had, and they focus on Trump's accusation and, in Breitbart's case, the doctor question.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; right sources focus on El-Sayed's doctor title and media treatment, while alternative sources fold Trump's remark and El-Sayed's response into a news roundup.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
Straight Arrow News mentions the story briefly in a daily roundup led by Brazil's election. It reports Trump's jihadist label, the Muslim Brotherhood allegation and the Democrat's sharp response.
Breitbart leads with Trump's tarmac remarks to its reporter and centers El-Sayed's doctor title, citing his licensing gap and New York Times usage. It features Trump and Sen. Bernie Moreno, not El-Sayed's reply.