President Donald Trump addressed supporters in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 5, 2026, where he criticized Abdul el Sayed, the newly nominated Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, who recently won the Democratic primary against Rep. Haley Stevens. Trump reiterated previous claims that el Sayed holds anti-Semitic views, stating, "This guy hates Jews. He doesn’t love Israel. He hates them with a passion that burns in his heart."
Trump also commented on polling data, suggesting that the results did not align with expectations and that former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee, would perform better against el Sayed than against Stevens. He characterized el Sayed as a representative of the Democratic Party's leftist ideology, stating, "When I watch Abdul, he’s full of s***. They want to skip socialism and go right down to the bottom of the barrel. That’s communism."
The remarks were part of a broader critique of what Trump described as a communist agenda within the Democratic Party.