‘My Name is Not Raising Your Gas Prices’: Democratic Senate Frontrunner Abdul el-Sayed Brings the Fight to Trump Himself
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Donald Trump has been very clear about his thoughts on Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul el-Sayed, saying at a Las Vegas event on Aug 6 that he’s “full of s–t“. This came after he described progressive Democrat policy as resulting in “death, squalor, poverty. You’ll have a life of hell.”
El-Sayed has now called out Trump, saying he’s not the reason living conditions are deteriorating for regular Americans. “My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not the reason we’re in an illegal war. My name is not the reason you can’t afford healthcare. My name is not the reason that you can’t afford rent or your insurance.”
Sayed, in his video, also stressed that he believed that people were “sick and tired” of “the politics of hatred” and “politicians who are interested in exploiting the government for their own means.” Highlighting his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, Sayed said, “He was in Congress, making $14 million after he left to move to a McMansion in Florida.”
More recently, while appearing on CNN, Sayed told host Jake Tapper that one of the first things he would do if and when he wins the Senate bid is hold the Trump administration accountable and investigate how it has used its power to enrich itself while impoverishing Americans. He said, “When I am elected to the U.S. Senate, the first thing we need to do is start holding the Trump administration accountable.”
He continued: “When we win… I will take my seat as a member of a Senate majority that gives us subpoena power to be able to investigate all of the ways that this administration has used their power for their gain and enrichment and against ours.” Sayed also spoke about investigating refunds related to Trump’s tariffs, suggesting they affected Americans unequally. He said, “I think that means hauling them up to really understand all the conversations that were had about who got to get refunds after this terrible tariff policy, who got excluded from those refunds.”
Trump shared a controversial image of himself with the First Lady and Sayed with his spouse
On August 8, 2026, Trump shared a photo to Truth Social, inviting a response from Sayed. The photo featured Trump and the First Lady, Melania Trump, on the left and Sayed and his spouse, Sarah Jukaku, a practicing psychiatrist, on the right.
While it could have been considered an otherwise harmless photo, people were drawn to the choice of picture and the description. While the Trumps on the left were dressed up in formal attire, Sayed’s wife on the right was wearing a hijab, while Sayed was wearing a normal shirt. And the caption? It read, “Two very different Americas.”
Sayed’s rebuttal? While appearing on CNN on August 9, 2026, Sayed told Tapper, “Yeah, he’s right. One in which your overlords are two people who don’t like each other but joined in the interest of making billions of dollars off of you – or two people who genuinely love each other, enjoyed some pancakes together, want to come together to build the kind of America where they can raise a family, and know that that family is going to have the good things.”
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