DetroitTrump called El-Sayed a jihadist 11 days before Michigan votes.
RealClearPolling has him up 2.6 points in a race that could flip the US Senate.
Republican Mike Rogers ties him to the Muslim Brotherhood to depress Jewish and Black turnout around Detroit, strategists say.
“It’s actually quite beneath you, Mike,” El-Sayed replied when Rogers asked if he was for America.
Barack Obama campaigns with El-Sayed on Saturday ahead of the 3 November vote.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn leans critical
- frames the Muslim Brotherhood attacks as a turnout tactic aimed at Detroit's Jewish and Black voters who backed Stevens
Sources: Dawn