Unearthed El-Sayed essay draws explosive Trump-bin Laden parallel: ‘recruited, radicalized and reassured’

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed compared President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to Osama bin Laden’s role in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a 2021 blog post that argued America has an obligation to hold the president accountable and "send the same message" it did after 9/11. The post , which appeared on a blog El-Sayed has since made private , is titled "Why aren't we treating Donald Trump like we treat other terrorists?" El-Sayed argued that racism explain