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The host: “he's very tired. president trump yet again taking aim at abdul el-sayed, leveling fresh attacks, saying that the election of the democratic senate nominee would threaten christmas.” President Trump: “i'm here to keep a jihadist muslim brotherhood member from becoming a united states senator. and that's the fact. not gonna let that happen. if abdul and the democrats win, they will open the floodgates and invite hordes of jihadists to our shores, creating a nightmare of violence and terror until you cannot even have a christmas.” The host: “republicans have increasingly drawn attention to el-sayed's muslim faith during the closing weeks of one of the most important races of the midterms. but el-sayed is now firing back.” Abdul El-Sayed: “i get that the president of the united states takes personal offense to my first name. he doesn't mind as much when it's a shared name from the saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the qataris who are giving him a $400 million private jet. i don't care how he pronounces my name. i don't even care that he remembers my whole name, because he can just go on and call me senator after november. i will be senator muhammad to you, bro.” The host: “david wasserman, i would have thought that it would be less risky to play the socialist card against abdul el-sayed than the muslim card. i want to show you some data first, the head-to-head in this race. we've got it at 49-47. that comports with cook political report, right? you see it that way?” David Wasserman: “yeah.” The host: “okay. second slide. look at how independents are now regarding socialism. there's been an uptick in favorability. they've moved in the last year from 37% favorable to 45% favorable. third slide. now let's talk about the way in which americans perceive muslims. 43% perceive them as less patriotic than other americans. this is according to pew research. 42% have a negative impact on the country. that's the perception of muslims. i guess therein lies the answer as to why this is the way the white house, the president, is going in the last eight days. that's still a minority of the electorate. it's pretty disheartening. is it not?” David Wasserman: “well, look, if you're republicans and you're a strategist for mike rogers' campaign — i'm curious your take, scott — but you'd rather be prosecuting the case on el-sayed's positions on the issues than calling him a jihadist. you'd rather be talking about abolishing a federal law enforcement agency and open borders. you'd rather be talking about socialized medicine. but most voters in michigan personally know someone who's muslim. and the arab american vote in michigan is twice as large as the jewish vote. but really the target here is the voters who are doubly disenchanted with trump and not yet comfortable with the democratic alternative. that should be rogers' audience. right now, they're very negative towards socialism, but they're also very negative towards republicans on tariffs and energy costs. i think the canadian tariffs are what put mike rogers in a bind and make it very difficult for him to separate himself from the president enough to win the race.”