‘Shawarma law’: Abdul El-Sayed never shied away from Islamophobic provocations
Summary
Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, winning 52.5% of the vote and becoming the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. His campaign drew repeated attacks on his faith from Donald Trump and other Republicans, but he won support from Black and Jewish voters as well as Arab and Muslim Americans.Key Facts
- El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers by about seven percentage points, 52.5% to 45.5%.
- He is set to take his Senate seat in January and become the first Muslim elected to the chamber.
- Donald Trump baselessly called El-Sayed a jihadist and a Muslim Brotherhood member at a rally on October 25.
- Republican senators John Kennedy and Ted Cruz, and Vice President JD Vance, also made personal attacks on El-Sayed.
- Republican campaign mailers linked El-Sayed to Sharia law and claimed it restricts women’s rights.
- El-Sayed joked that he supported “shawarma law” in response to the attacks.
- He won majorities among Black voters and Jewish early voters, according to the article.
- Arab American Institute executive director Maya Berry described the rejection of attacks on El-Sayed as significant for Arab and Muslim Americans.
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