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Abdul El-Sayed again challenges Trump to take a lie detector test after president’s campaign comments
Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed renewed his challenge to President Donald Trump: he will go through a metal detector if Trump takes a lie detector test. The exchange follows Trump’s campaign remarks about security screening and reflects the personal attacks El-Sayed says distracted from issues such as living costs and healthcare.
El-Sayed, 42, defeated former congressman Mike Rogers and will be the first Muslim to serve in the US Senate. He first made the polygraph offer after Trump called him a “jihadist” and said he would need to pass through a metal detector; El-Sayed said he would ask Trump about Jeffrey Epstein and the 2020 election. He also rejected claims linking him to the Muslim Brotherhood and joked about Senator Ted Cruz’s “jihadist leprechaun” insult.
In short
- El-Sayed repeated his lie detector challenge to Trump.
- He offered to undergo Capitol security screening.
- He says campaign attacks avoided issues such as costs and healthcare.
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