密歇根州联邦参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed，民主党）周四回应了特朗普总统的建议，即如果这位民主党候选人当选国会议员，应被强制在国会大厦通过金属探测器安检。在密歇根州卡拉马祖的一次竞选集会上，埃尔-赛义德表示，如果特朗普同意“接受测谎仪测试”，他将接受这一要求。他提到了总统与已故被判性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的关系，以及特朗普关于他在2020年总统大选中获胜的未经证实的言论。
Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Thursday responded to President Trump’s suggestion that the Democratic candidate should be forced to go through a metal detector at the U.S. Capitol if elected to Congress. During a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., El-Sayed said he would accept the request if Trump agreed to “sit for a lie detector.”He referenced the president’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that he won the 2020 presidential election.
“我每天都会过金属探测器。你只需接受一次测谎仪测试，”埃尔-赛义德说。“就这么定了。”
“I’ll go through a metal detector every day. You sit through a lie detector one time,” El-Sayed said. “That’s the deal.”
白宫发言人劳伦·比斯（Lauren Bis）周五下午在分享给《国会山报》（The Hill）的一份声明中，反驳了埃尔-赛义德关于特朗普与爱泼斯坦关系的指控。“正如特朗普总统所说，他在任何与爱泼斯坦相关的事情上都已完全获得平反，”比斯写道。“通过发布数千页文件、配合众议院监督委员会的传票要求、推动《爱泼斯坦档案透明法案》（Epstein Files Transparency Act），并呼吁对爱泼斯坦的民主党朋友进行更多调查，特朗普总统为爱泼斯坦的受害者所做的比任何前任都多。”
White House spokesperson Lauren Bis pushed back on El-Sayed's accusation about Trump's ties to Epstein in a statement shared with The Hill on Friday afternoon. “Just as President Trump has said, he’s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein," Bis wrote. "And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request,g the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein’s victims than anyone before him."
埃尔-赛义德正与特朗普背书的共和党提名人、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers，密歇根州）展开激烈角逐。总统和罗杰斯多次因这位民主党提名人的信仰和背景对他发起攻击，并指控他与伊斯兰极端组织有联系。如果当选，埃尔-赛义德将成为首位穆斯林联邦参议员，他已否认这些指控。
El-Sayed is engaged in a tight race against Trump-backed GOP nominee and former Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.). The president and Rogers have repeatedly attacked the Democratic nominee for his faith and background and accused him of having ties to Islamic extremist groups. El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim senator if he wins Michigan’s open Senate race, has denied these accusations.
在周四的集会上，这位民主党人还利用总统反复呼吁选民像他“在选票上”一样投票这一点，在今年11月反击特朗普。“卡拉马祖，周二，我希望你们像唐纳德·特朗普在选票上一样去投票，因为唐纳德·特朗普就在选票上，”埃尔-赛义德对人群说。“他在伊朗的战争在选票上。他的关税战在选票上。”
During his Thursday rally, the Democrat also used the president’s repeated calls for voters to vote like he was “on the ballot” this November against him. “Kalamazoo, on Tuesday, I want you to vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot because Donald Trump is on the ballot,” El-Sayed told the crowd. “His war in Iran is on the ballot. His tariff war is on the ballot. His big ugly bill is on the ballot.”
“他那份庞大而难看的法案将付诸表决。”截至周五的预测，无党派选举预测机构Decision Desk HQ认为，埃尔-赛义德在11月选举中获胜的概率为73%，罗杰斯的胜算约为27%。《库克政治报告》将这场选战评为“胜负难料”。这场竞选的胜者将接替即将退休的民主党参议员加里·彼得斯。埃尔-赛义德在今年夏天的初选中以微弱优势击败众议员海莉·史蒂文斯，赢得提名。预计这位议员将在周末与这位进步派候选人一起参加集会，尽管她的未婚夫此前表示将支持罗杰斯。
As of a Friday forecast, nonpartisan election handicapper Decision Desk HQ places El-Sayed’s chances of winning the November race at a 73 percent probability and Rogers’s odds at around a 27 percent probability. The Cook Political Report rates this race as a “toss up.”The winner of this contest will replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. El-Sayed narrowly clinched the nomination over the summer in his primary against Rep. Haley Stevens (D). The lawmaker is expected to rally with the progressive candidate over the weekend, even after her fiancé said he would support Rogers.