密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德周一向特朗普总统发出邀请，希望他能到密歇根州开展竞选活动。埃尔-赛义德在MS NOW电视台的《All In》节目中这样说道：“求您了，我恳请您‘来密歇根吧’。显然，您的候选人无法为自己发声，他没什么可说的。显然，您才是那个能代表共和党的人选，您应该向民众说明为何他们应该把票投给您。”
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed challenged President Trump on Monday to campaign in the Wolverine State. “Please, I'm asking you, ‘Come to Michigan.’ Alright, your — clearly — your candidate can't speak for himself. He doesn't have anything to say. Clearly, you are the answer, and you should tell everybody why they should imagine you on the ballot,” El-Sayed said on MS NOW’s “All In,” directing his comments to the president and referencing his GOP opponent, Mike Rogers.
他这番话是对特朗普说的，同时也提到了自己的共和党对手迈克·罗杰斯。随后他又补充道：“唐纳德，这就是挑战，这就是考验。我觉得您不敢来密歇根，因为您心里清楚：一旦我击败了您的候选人，而您也来到这里，我就能击败您。所以，唐纳德，欢迎来到密歇根。我敢打赌您不敢来。”
“So, Donald, here is the gauntlet, here's the challenge. I think you are too afraid to come to Michigan because you know when I beat your candidate and you came, I'm actually beating you. So, Donald, welcome to Michigan. I dare you to come,” he added.
目前，埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州的选情十分胶着。据无党派的选举分析机构库克政治报告评定，该选区属于“胜负难料”的摇摆区。不过，今年的中期选举整体环境似乎对民主党有利。目前掌控着众议院、参议院及白宫的共和党正面临诸多难题：不受民众欢迎的伊朗战争、生活成本上涨带来的民生压力，以及特朗普不断下滑的支持率。据Decision Desk HQ统计，周二上午特朗普的支持率为38%，不支持率则高达59.5%。
El-Sayed faces a tight race in Michigan, rated by the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report as a “toss-up.”However, the electoral environment for this year’s midterms appears to favor Democrats. Republicans, who currently control the House, Senate and White House, are dealing with the unpopular Iran war, concerns about the cost of living and Trump’s slumping approval rating. According to Decision Desk HQ, the president’s approval rating was sitting at 38 percent on Tuesday morning, with his disapproval rating at 59.5 percent.
近期，特朗普在得克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州、阿拉巴马州和俄亥俄州这些近年来极少被视为摇摆州的“红州”密集开展竞选活动。他不断敦促支持者踊跃参与下个月的中期选举投票，并放言只要大家行动起来，共和党就能取得“巨大胜利”。周六在俄亥俄州的集会上，特朗普对支持者说道：“你们必须出门投票，必须去投票！把票投给我们的人！”他还补充道：“只要大家都去投票，我们就能大获全胜，把对手打得落花流水。”《国会山报》已联系罗杰斯的竞选团队寻求置评。
The president recently made a red state campaign blitz through Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama and Ohio, states not commonly seen as toss-ups in recent years. Trump has pressed his supporters to go to the polls for next month’s midterms, vowing a “big” Republican victory if they do so. “You got to get out and vote. You got to get out. You got to vote for these guys,” Trump told a crowd of supporters at his rally in Ohio on Saturday. “Just get out and vote. If you do that, we’re gonna win and we’re gonna win big and we’re gonna shove it up their a--,” the president added. The Hill has reached out to the Rogers campaign for comment.
白宫将《希尔》转向共和党全国委员会全国新闻发言人纳塔利·巴尔达萨雷的声明。她说：“阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德是一个愤怒的小人，他痴迷于威胁共和党人施暴，以此来弥补自己完全不可选的缺点。”更新时间：美国东部时间下午4点36分
The White House directed The Hill to a statement from Republican National Committee national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre. “Abdul El-Sayed is an angry little man who's obsessed with threatening Republicans with violence to overcompensate for being absolutely unelectable," she said. Updated: 4:36 p.m. ET