President Donald Trump panned Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a social media post, calling the progressive Democrat a “Communist, who is not liked in Detroit,” while alleging without evidence rampant voter fraud in the state.
“Wayne County (Detroit) in Michigan is one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States, if not the World,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday. “It is strictly Third World! Miracles happen in Wayne County, including more votes being cast than there are voters, by a lot.”
El-Sayed advanced to become the Democratic Party’s nominee to face Republican Mike Rogers in the November election on Wednesday, after a weaker-than-expected showing against Rep. Haley Stevens in Tuesday’s primary.
Stevens conceded to El-Sayed on Wednesday morning. But far from the romp progressives were expecting — polls showed El-Sayed leading by double digits in the weeks before election day — he squeaked past the four-term House lawmaker by just thousands of votes.
El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s post.
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced that it was sending poll watchers to monitor voting sites in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing, and East Lansing — four heavily Democratic areas — “to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.”
“The Department of Justice is devoting extensive resources to ensure uniform and nondiscriminatory monitoring,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement Tuesday. “We appreciate the cooperation of these jurisdictions in promoting trust and transparency.”
But Trump still said Republicans would have to overcome fraud to get Rogers over the line in November.
“The Radical Left Socialist has a real shot, and don’t discount all of those fake mail-in ballots that will ‘surprisingly’ show up at the last moment,” he said. “Get ready for another Rigged Election.”
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