Abdul El-Sayed responded to Donald Trump’s latest insult with an unusual challenge for the president. The Michigan Senate hopeful offered to walk through a metal detector if Trump agreed to take a lie detector test.
El-Sayed delivered his response during a Thursday rally at Western Michigan University. It also brought Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s repeated 2020 election fraud claims into the increasingly heated Michigan race.
Abdul El-Sayed challenges Donald Trump to answer Epstein questions on a lie detector
As per TMZ, the dispute began after Trump questioned whether El-Sayed deserved a seat in the Senate. Trump accused El-Sayed of supporting jihadists and suggested that he should undergo security screening before entering the Senate. “He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector,” Trump said.
El-Sayed heard the jab and delivered his response directly to the president. He joked that Trump took the Wolverine nickname too seriously. The joke referenced the Michigan Wolverines, the sports teams of his alma mater, the University of Michigan, and Marvel’s metal-boned superhero. He then challenged Trump to take a lie detector test in exchange for undergoing daily security screening.
“I’ll go through a metal detector if you’ll sit for a lie detector,” El-Sayed told Trump. He also made clear which subjects he wanted to discuss. He said he wanted to question Trump about Jeffrey Epstein, whom the president previously knew, and Trump’s claims about the 2020 presidential election.
El-Sayed argued that Trump only needed to take the test once. Meanwhile, the candidate promised to walk through a metal detector every day throughout his six-year Senate term. El-Sayed said he had nothing to hide and challenged Trump to make the same claim.
The exchange arrived as El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers battled in a closely contested Michigan Senate race. His comeback gave supporters a memorable rally moment while putting Trump’s Epstein connection back into the political conversation. It remains unclear whether the exchange will have any effect on the Senate race.
