迈克·卡塔利尼（MIKE CATALINI）报道：在过去几周于全国各地的集会上对民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）进行抨击后，唐纳德·特朗普总统周日将把他的中期选举巡回造势活动带到密歇根州。共和党人认为，他们有机会在选举日赢得这个空缺席位。
MIKE CATALINI After weeks of assailing Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in rallies across the country, President Donald Trump on Sunday is bringing his midterm barnstorming to Michigan, where Republicans see a chance to pick up an open seat on Election Day.
埃尔-赛义德曾是一名公共卫生官员，他将在11月3日的竞选中面对共和党人、前国会议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）。罗杰斯得到了特朗普的支持，将接替即将退休的民主党人加里·彼得斯（Gary Peters）。
El-Sayed, a onetime public health official, faces Republican Mike Rogers , a former congressman backed by Trump in the Nov. 3 race to succeed retiring Democrat Gary Peters.
这位共和党总统将埃尔-赛义德描述为一名“圣战分子”，民主党人谴责这种言论是对其信仰的攻击。如果当选，埃尔-赛义德将成为首位穆斯林参议员。
The Republican president has described El-Sayed as a “jihadist,” rhetoric that Democrats denounce as an attack on his faith. El-Sayed would be the first Muslim senator if elected.
特朗普计划对休伦港（Port Huron）的访问，是在前民主党总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）周六在密歇根州和俄亥俄州为本党候选人站台之后进行的。这将是特朗普繁忙竞选日程中的最新一站，旨在为中期选举选票上的共和党人提供支持，因为共和党正受到选民对经济和伊朗战争不满情绪的拖累。
Trump’s planned visit to Port Huron follows former Democrat President Barack Obama’s appearances Saturday in Michigan and Ohio for his party’s candidates. It will be Trump’s latest stop on a packed campaign schedule to bolster Republicans on the midterm ballot as the GOP is weighed down by voters’ frustration with the economy and the war with Iran.
与特朗普此前前往共和党控制的州（其党派处于守势）不同，共和党已经超过三十年没有在密歇根州赢得过参议院选举了。埃尔-赛义德曾嘲讽特朗普，鼓励他来到密歇根州，并认为此访会适得其反，对罗杰斯造成不利影响。
Unlike Trump’s earlier trips to Republican-controlled states where his party is on defense, the GOP has not won a Senate race in Michigan for more than three decades. El-Sayed has taunted Trump, encouraging him to come to Michigan in the belief that a visit would backfire on Rogers.
“唐纳德，如果你在看的话，别怂，伙计，”埃尔-赛义德说。这位在8月份赢得了分裂性初选的进步派人士曾表示，国家需要“翻开唐纳德·特朗普这一页”。这场竞选是今年最具争议的竞选之一。共和党人将出生于美国、父母为埃及移民的埃尔-赛义德描绘成一个危险的激进分子。特朗普错误地声称，这位民主党提名人是穆斯林兄弟会的成员。该组织于20世纪20年代在埃及成立，曾启发了中东各地的伊斯兰政治运动。今年1月，特朗普政府将穆斯林兄弟会的三个中东分支列为恐怖组织。
“Donald, if you’re watching, don’t wuss out, man,” El-Sayed said. The progressive, who won a divisive primary in August, has said the country needs to “turn the page on Donald Trump.”The campaign has been one of the most contentious this year. Republicans have portrayed El-Sayed, who was born in the United States to Egyptian immigrant parents, as a dangerous radical. Trump falsely claims that the Democratic nominee is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood , a group founded in the 1920s in Egypt that has inspired Islamist political movements around the Mideast. In January, Trump’s administration labeled three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations .
在第二次也是最后一次大选竞选辩论中，罗杰斯质疑埃尔-赛义德对美国的忠诚。“你是支持美国，还是支持海外的这些恐怖组织？”罗杰斯问道。
During their second and final general election campaign debate , Rogers questioned El-Sayed’s loyalty to the United States. “Are you for America, or are you for these terrorist groups overseas?”Rogers asked.
埃尔-赛义德说这种质疑“令人羞耻”。“我为我们的宪法感到自豪，它保障了我们所有人按自己的选择祈祷的权利，”他说。罗杰斯否认他的批评源于宗教，称“你可以用任何方式祈祷。”
El-Sayed said that questioning was “shameful.”“I’m proud of our Constitution that guarantees all of us the right to pray as we choose to pray,” he said. Rogers denied that his criticisms were rooted in religion, saying “you can pray any way you want.”
特朗普曾称埃尔-赛义德为“穆罕默德”，并说他“回到了圣战的日子”。埃尔-赛义德也因自己的言论面临批评，特别是在底特律地区一座犹太教堂遭袭击后，他说“受伤的人会伤害人”。袭击者一周前在以色列空袭黎巴嫩中失去了四名亲属。埃尔-赛义德后来道歉，表示他无意为发生的事情辩护。
Trump has referred to El-Sayed as “Mohammed” and said he “goes back to the days of the jihad.”El-Sayed has faced criticism for his own rhetoric, particularly when he said “hurt people hurt people” after an attack on a synagogue in the Detroit area. The attacker had lost four relatives in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week earlier. El-Sayed later apologized , saying he was not trying to justify what happened.
“对于任何觉得我的言论可能造成了伤害的人，我真的很抱歉，”他说。“那不是我的本意。”埃尔-赛义德候选人的意义已超越密歇根州，共和党将他描绘为民主党激进化的象征。与此同时，进步派希望他能帮助展示他们在一个摇摆州的影响力，这可能会塑造2028年总统初选的走向。
“To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I’m really sorry,” he said. “That was not my intention.”The significance of El-Sayed’s candidacy has grown beyond Michigan, with Republicans casting him as a symbol of a radicalizing Democratic Party. Meanwhile, progressives hope that he will help demonstrate their clout in a swing state, which could shape how the 2028 presidential primary unfolds.
埃尔-赛义德曾担任底特律韦恩县的公共卫生官员，并于2018年竞选州长但未成功。
El-Sayed previously served as a public health official in Detroit’s Wayne County and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018.
罗杰斯在2024年参议院竞选中以不到一个百分点的差距败给了时任众议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金。
Rogers lost the 2024 Senate race to then-Rep. Elissa Slotkin by less than a percentage point.