President Donald Trump said Tuesday that black voters would not vote for Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed because the candidate mocks and disrespects them. “Why would black people vote for Mohammed El-Sayed when he openly scorns them, mocks them, and disrespects them? THEY WON’T! President DJT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump’s statement comes as El-Sayed faces complaints from some black voters and community leaders about his outreach ahead of the election against Republican Mike Rogers. Democrat Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett previously spoke out against El-Sayed and accused the party’s socialist wing of treating black support as automatic, Breitbart News reported in September. “It doesn’t change, it’s just different slave owners,” Whitsett told Fox News Digital, referring to Democrat leaders who expect black voters to remain loyal to the party.
