El-Sayed asks Trump to come to Michigan: ‘Your candidate can’t speak for himself’

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed challenged President Trump on Monday to campaign in the Wolverine State.

“Please, I’m asking you, ‘Come to Michigan.’ Alright, your — clearly — your candidate can’t speak for himself. He doesn’t have anything to say. Clearly, you are the answer, and you should tell everybody why they should imagine you on the ballot,” El-Sayed said on MS NOW’s “All In,” directing his comments to the president and referencing his GOP opponent, Mike Rogers.

“So, Donald, here is the gauntlet, here’s the challenge. I think you are too afraid to come to Michigan because you know when I beat your candidate and you came, I’m actually beating you. So, Donald, welcome to Michigan. I dare you to come,” he added.

El-Sayed faces a tight race in Michigan, rated by the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report as a “toss-up.” However, the electoral environment for this year’s midterms appears to favor Democrats.

Republicans, who currently control the House, Senate and White House, are dealing with the unpopular Iran war, concerns about the cost of living and Trump’s slumping approval rating.

According to Decision Desk HQ, the president’s approval rating was sitting at 38 percent on Tuesday morning , with his disapproval rating at 59.5 percent.

The president recently made a red state campaign blitz through Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama and Ohio, states not commonly seen as toss-ups in recent years.

Trump has pressed his supporters to go to the polls for next month’s midterms, vowing a “big” Republican victory if they do so.

“You got to get out and vote. You got to get out. You got to vote for these guys,” Trump told a crowd of supporters at his rally in Ohio on Saturday.

“Just get out and vote. If you do that, we’re gonna win and we’re gonna win big and we’re gonna shove it up their a–,” the president added.

The Hill has reached out to the Rogers campaign for comment.

The White House directed The Hill to a statement from Republican National Committee national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre.

“Abdul El-Sayed is an angry little man who’s obsessed with threatening Republicans with violence to overcompensate for being absolutely unelectable,” she said.