MS NOW 主持人彼得·亚历山大周日向密歇根州民主党州长格雷琴·惠特默提问，询问共和党政治家在中期选举前是否在利用“仇外心理”。
MS NOW anchor Peter Alexander asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., on Sunday whether Republican politicians were tapping into "xenophobia" ahead of the midterm elections.
亚历山大在周一的节目《State of Play》开场时提到，密歇根州美国参议院竞选的全国关注度——民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-萨伊德与共和党候选人迈克·罗杰斯的对决——促使前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和现任总统唐纳德·特朗普出席竞选集会。
Alexander began his show "State of Play" on Monday remarking on the national attention given to the Michigan U.S. Senate race between Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and GOP candidate Mike Rogers, which prompted campaign rally appearances by former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump.
MS NOW 主持人播放了一段自己在周末向惠特默提问的片段，询问她对罗杰斯和特朗普对埃尔-萨伊德所使用的“丑陋最近言论”的看法，并暗示这些攻击可能出于“仇外心理”。“你担心现在密歇根州存在某种隐藏的仇外心理，唐纳德·特朗普和迈克·罗杰斯正在试图利用吗？”亚历山大问道。
The MS NOW host showed a clip of himself asking Whitmer over the weekend about what she thought about the "ugly recent rhetoric" levied against El-Sayed by Rogers and Trump, suggesting the attacks could be motivated by "xenophobia." "Do you worry that there is some hidden xenophobia in Michigan right now that Donald Trump and Mike Rogers are trying to tap into?" Alexander asked.
“我认为迈克·罗杰斯和唐纳德·特朗普希望存在这种情绪，并且他们正在试图培养它，”惠特默回答。
"I think that Mike Rogers and Donald Trump hope that there is, and that they're trying to cultivate that," Whitmer responded.
节目后半段，亚历山大继续播放采访内容，其中包括一个问题，询问惠特默是否认为特朗普用来攻击埃尔-萨伊德的语言是“危险的”。惠特默同意特朗普的言辞危险，但补充说更大的问题是共和党忽视了经济状况。
Later in the show, Alexander aired more of the interview, including a question about whether Whitmer believed the language Trump used to attack El-Sayed was "dangerous." Whitmer agreed that Trump's language was dangerous but added that the bigger issue was Republicans ignoring the state of the economy.
“重点是他们谈论的不是生活成本，而生活成本因本届政府的决策而上涨。你会问自己，二年前你是否比现在更好？我怀疑很少有美国人能说他们更好，”惠特默说。
"The point is that they're talking about anything other than the cost of living, which has gone up because of the decisions that this administration has made. You ask yourself, are you better off two years ago than you are today? I doubt very many Americans could say that they are," Whitmer said.
福克斯新闻数字版已联系惠特默办公室以及埃尔-萨伊德和罗杰斯的竞选团队寻求评论，但尚未收到回复。
Fox News Digital reached out to Whitmer's office and the El-Sayed and Rogers campaigns for comment but did not immediately receive responses.
白宫助理新闻秘书奥利维亚·威尔士在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份评论中说：“特朗普总统正在点名那些煽动分裂、欺诈自己社区并持续制造暴力的激进极端分子。总统将继续毫无歉意地为美国的伟大而奋斗，并点名那些只想分裂和摧毁的极端分子。”特朗普和罗杰斯都曾就埃尔-赛义德家人与穆斯林兄弟会有关联的指控对其大加批评。
In a comment to Fox News Digital, White House Assistant Press Secretary Olivia Wales said, "President Trump is calling out the radical extremists stoking division, defrauding their communities, and perpetuating violence. The President will continue to unapologetically fight for American greatness and call out the extremists who want only to divide and destroy." Both Trump and Rogers have heavily criticized El-Sayed over allegations involving his family's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
