GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan— Abdul el Sayed turned his Sunday rally appearance with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) into a roast of his Republican Senate rival Mike Rogers and President Donald Trump.
El Sayed mocked Rogers for appearing to lose his earpiece during a Sunday morning television interview after Kristen Welker of NBC’s Meet the Press asked the former congressman whether a vote for him would amount to a vote for Trump’s agenda.
“After answering all of these questions just fine, he’s like, ‘I’m so sorry I lost my earpiece. What did you ask?’” el Sayed said, prompting laughter from the Grand Rapids crowd.
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<p>Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed roasts President Donald Trump at Grand Rapids, Michigan, rally on Oct. 26, 2026. (Barnini Chakraborty/Washington Examiner)</p>
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed roasts President Donald Trump at Grand Rapids, Michigan, rally on Oct. 26, 2026. (Barnini Chakraborty/Washington Examiner)El Sayed then said he would answer the question for Rogers.
“Yes, a vote for Mike Rogers is a vote for Donald Trump’s agenda,” he said. “It always has been. It always will be.”
The jab came as Trump was campaigning with Rogers at a rally in Port Huron, where the president made a comment about rapper Nicki Minaj’s backside.
El Sayed seized on that, too.
“For whatever reason, this is like the third campaign stop in a row where Donald Trump can’t mention, can’t help but mention somebody’s a**,” he said. “You see that?”
The crowd laughed as el Sayed joked he would have to keep Trump away from him if he makes it to Washington.
El Sayed then pivoted back to the substance of the Senate race, telling voters to treat Trump as if he were on the ballot.
“I want everybody to vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot,” he said. “Because, friends, Donald Trump is on the ballot. Donald Trump’s war in Iran is on the ballot. Your gas prices are on the ballot. Your grocery prices are on the ballot. The ability to see a doctor is on the ballot.”
El Sayed also returned to a line from his recent debate with Rogers, when the Republican candidate said, “The last three years have been amazing.”
“For Donald Trump, he made $2.2 billion,” el Sayed said. “The last two years for him have been amazing.”
Rogers, he added, “sits on $14 million and counting.”
El Sayed continued referencing the two as a pair, saying: “So for Mike Rogers and Donald Trump, the last two years have been amazing. How about you, Grand Rapids?”
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Sanders is campaigning for el Sayed in the final stretch of the Michigan Senate race as Democrats seek to hold the open seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).
The rally came on a weekend when both parties brought national star power to Michigan: Trump campaigned for Rogers in Port Huron, and Sanders made the case for el Sayed in Grand Rapids, a day after former President Barack Obama stumped for the Democratic candidate in Detroit.
