密歇根州参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed，民主党）周日回击特朗普总统针对他的反穆斯林言论，告诉支持者，如果他在11月当选，总统将不得不称他为“穆罕默德参议员”。
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Sunday fired back at President Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric toward him, telling supporters that the president will be referring to him as "Senator Muhammad" if he wins in November.
“我明白，美国总统对我这个名字感到个人受辱，”埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州大急流城的一场集会上说。“当这个名字属于资助他女婿私募股权基金的沙特人时，他似乎不那么介意。当这个名字属于送给他一架4亿美元私人飞机的卡塔尔人时，他似乎也不那么介意。只有当这个名字是我的时候，他似乎才发音困难。”
"I get that the President of the United States takes personal offense to my first name," El-Sayed said at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. "He doesn’t mind as much when it’s a shared name from the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law’s private equity. Doesn’t seem to mind as much when it’s the Qataris who are giving him a $400 million private jet. He just seems to have trouble pronouncing it when it’s my name."
“但各位，我不在乎他怎么念我的名字，”他接着说。“我甚至不在乎他能不能记住我的全名。因为11月之后，他只能叫我‘参议员’。对你来说，我将是穆罕默德参议员，老兄。”
"But y’all, I don’t care how he pronounces my name," he continued. "I don’t even care that he remembers my whole name. Because he can just go on and call me 'senator' after November. I will be Senator Muhammad to you, bro."
如果当选，埃尔-赛义德将成为首位在参议院任职的穆斯林裔美国人。特朗普在竞选途中频繁攻击埃尔-赛义德的信仰，嘲笑他的名字，并指控这位候选人与穆斯林兄弟会有联系——该组织是一个在埃及成立的伊斯兰主义团体，曾影响并支持整个地区的原教旨主义运动。总统指责这位底特律地区的医生是“恐怖分子同情者”和“圣战分子”，称这位密歇根州民主党人为“穆罕默德·埃尔-赛义德”。
If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim American to serve in the Senate. Trump has frequently attacked El-Sayed's faith on the campaign trail, mocking his name and alleging the candidate has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group founded in Egypt that has influenced and supported fundamentalist movements across the region. The president has accused the Detroit-area physician of being a "terrorist sympathizer" and a "jihadist," calling the Michigan Democrat "Mohammed El-Sayed."
周日，特朗普在密歇根州为埃尔-赛义德的对手、联邦众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers，共和党-密歇根州）举行集会助选时，声称埃尔-赛义德“在被允许进入参议院之前，将不得不先通过金属探测器安检”。随后，在介绍集会发言人大卫·比默（David Beamer）后，特朗普将埃尔-赛义德比作2001年“9·11”恐怖袭击劫机者的同类。据路透社报道，比默的儿子托德·比默（Todd Beamer）是被劫持的联合航空93号航班遇难乘客之一。
While rallying in Michigan on Sunday for El-Sayed's opponent Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), Trump claimed that El-Sayed would "have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate." Trump then likened El-Sayed to the hijackers behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks after introducing speaker David Beamer at the rally. Beamer's son, Todd Beamer, was among the passengers who died in the hijacked United Flight 93, Reuters reported.
“25年后，密歇根州需要站起来战斗，就像托德那样，阻止一名圣战分子走进国会大厦，”特朗普说。
"Twenty-five years later, Michigan needs to stand up and fight just like Todd did to stop a jihadist from walking into the Capitol," Trump said.
El-Sayed全名为Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed，是穆斯林，出生于密歇根州，父母为埃及移民。Rogers还声称El-Sayed与“穆斯林兄弟会”有联系，在周日的集会上表示，该组织“今年在初选中在美国庆祝的唯一一次胜利，就是Abdul El-Sayed的胜利。”
El-Sayed, whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is Muslim and was born in Michigan to Egyptian immigrant parents. Rogers has also made claims tying El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood, saying at Sunday's rally that the group "celebrated exactly one victory in the United States in the primary this year. Abdul El-Sayed’s."
《与媒体见面》节目主持人Kristen Welker在NBC新闻节目中追问Rogers，关于特朗普过去称El-Sayed为“暴力恐怖分子”的言论，以及他是否同意总统的看法。“不，我不同意，”Rogers说。“我从未称他为恐怖分子。我从未称他为恐怖分子。这次选举是我与Abdul的对决。我是说，他是一位与美国民主社会主义者结盟的候选人，拥有这些相当激进的支持团体，他们不喜欢美国。我认为这些才是人们应该据以决定选举的议题。”
"Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker pressed Rogers on NBC News about Trump's past remarks calling El-Sayed a "violent terrorist" and whether he agreed with the president. "No, I don't," Rogers said. "I've never called him a terrorist. I've never called him a terrorist. This election is about me versus Abdul. I mean, he's a Democrat-Socialist-of-America-aligned candidate who has these pretty radical support groups that don't like America. I think those are issues people ought to decide their election on."
Rogers表示，El-Sayed“就是拒绝回答”关于与“穆斯林兄弟会”任何所谓联系的问题，并告诉Welker，他的对手“正在从支持‘穆斯林兄弟会’的团体那里获得资金。来自支持哈马斯和真主党的团体的资金。”
Rogers said El-Sayed "just won't answer the question" about any alleged connection with the Muslim Brotherhood and told Welker that his opponent "is getting money from groups that support the Muslim Brotherhood. Money from groups that support Hamas and Hezbollah."
El-Sayed已强力否认与“穆斯林兄弟会”有任何个人联系，尽管共和党人挖掘出了El-Sayed过去的言论，称这些言论同情该伊斯兰主义运动——该运动曾在2012年和2013年短暂控制埃及。
El-Sayed has vigorously denied any personal ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, though Republicans have dug up past statements by El-Sayed they say are sympathetic to the Islamist movement that briefly took over Egypt in 2012 and 2013.