Wire reporting: (AP, via Anchorage Daily News)

PORT HURON, Mich. — President Donald Trump told a Republican rally here on Sunday that he had come to Michigan to stop Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, whom he described as a jihadist and a Muslim Brotherhood member, claims El-Sayed has denied^1,3,5.

The event at McMorran Place backed former Rep. Mike Rogers for the Senate and Rep. John James for governor ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms³. El-Sayed, a former public health official, faces Rogers for the seat being vacated by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., in a contest both parties treat as important to Senate control^3,5.

CNBC reported that Trump compared opposing El-Sayed to the passengers who fought hijackers on United Flight 93, invoking Michigan native Todd Beamer⁵. "Twenty-five years later, Michigan needs to stand up and fight, just like Todd did," Trump said, according to CNBC⁵. El-Sayed has said he is loyal to the United States and has disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood; he has called questioning that allegiance shameful⁵. Rogers repeated Brotherhood allegations and told NBC's "Meet the Press" that El-Sayed had not answered sufficiently⁵. Michigan Advance reported some rallygoers shouted that El-Sayed was a traitor³.

Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats in Michigan on Saturday and compared the attacks to past false claims about his birthplace, saying the approach had not worked on him⁵. El-Sayed had urged Trump to visit, arguing it would backfire on Rogers⁴. Rogers on Sunday praised some of Trump's tariff-related manufacturing announcements while saying Canadian auto tariffs still worry him⁵. Whether the loyalty attacks will move the Senate race is not established by the reporting^3,5.