An ugly, Islamophobic turn in Michigan’s Senate race

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. For as long as I can remember, being Muslim in America has meant being a target of Islamophobia and treated as “other.” After 9/11, that got worse. In the run-up to the midterms, Donald Trump has helped give anti-Muslim rhetoric its biggest platform yet. And he’s wielding it to help his fellow Republican in Michigan’s neck-and-neck Senate race. Let’s get into it. Rank Islamophobia is marring the final sprint in Michigan’s heated Senate race, one of Republicans’ best chances this midterm cycle at flipping a seat in the chamber.