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If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim member of the US Senate.The two candidates spent much of their hour onstage together speaking over one another, as they exchanged pointed barbs.\u201cHe can\u2019t condemn a terrorist act that happened on our soil in the state of Michigan. He can\u2019t bring himself to condemn \u2013,\u201d Rogers began, referencing a March attack on a synagogue.\u201cI did condemn it,\u201d El-Sayed said, jumping in. \u201cNo, you did not,\u201d Rogers replied, with El-Sayed quickly responding, \u201cYou make stuff up. You make stuff up.\u201dThe Senate race in Michigan is considered key to the battle for control of the US Senate. Democrats are seeking to flip both chambers of Congress, but shifting control of the Senate will be a tougher prospect, given that only a third of its 100 seats are on the November 3 ballot.Host Rick Albin at times struggled to keep the debate on track, as tensions rose.\u201cWe\u2019ve got dozens of questions we want to get to. You can\u2019t litigate all of these with 14 different rebuttals, so please work with me,\u201d Albin told the two candidates at one point.Here are the key takeaways from the evening\u2019s debate.Republican nominee Mike Rogers, right, speaks during a televised debate with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Rogers insinuates El-Sayed family ties to \u2018terrorism watch list\u2019The ferocity of the debate was underscored by the high volume of ad hominem attacks the candidates deployed against each other.But Rogers repeatedly pushed a series of attacks that seemed to centre on El-Sayed\u2019s identity as a Muslim.In response to a question about healthcare, Rogers said that El-Sayed has \u201ctaken money from individuals on his campaign who openly support Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda\u201d.Later, when asked about his position on surveillance by Flock cameras, Rogers argued that such technology has helped catch people suspected of terrorism. He then implied that El-Sayed\u2019s concerns about the cameras were suggestive.\u201cWhy would that bother you?\u201d Rogers asked El-Sayed. \u201cWell, if you have somebody in your family that might be on the terrorism watch list \u2026\u201dEl-Sayed interjected, seeming to dare Rogers to continue his thought.\u201cAre you going to go ahead and say that I\u2019m a \u2013 go ahead and say it,\u201d El-Sayed said. \u201cYou\u2019ve been tiptoeing about it the whole time. Just say it. Just say it. Go ahead and say it.\u201dMuslim and Arab candidates in the US have frequently been subjected to Islamophobic attacks on the campaign trail, accusing them of support for \u201cterrorism\u201d and Islamic fundamentalism.Republican Mike Rogers insinuated El-Sayed may have family on the \u2018terrorism watch list\u2019 [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Both sides agree on ending the Iran warThere were issues, however, on which both candidates found a measure of common ground.Both Rogers and El-Sayed agreed the US-Israeli war against Iran should end, but they had opposite views on Washington\u2019s relationship with Israel and its role in the conflict.High gasoline prices and inflation, El-Sayed said, were directly caused by the Iran war, and he blamed the Trump administration for Iran\u2019s decision to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route.\u201cThis is what happens when you start wars you never should be fighting,\u201d El-Sayed said. \u201cWe literally taught the Iranian regime that they have a choke on the Strait of Hormuz, and now we\u2019re living in that reality.\u201dRogers agreed that \u201cwe need [the war] to come to an end\u201d, but he also justified the conflict, saying that Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment programme had been \u201cset back twenty years\u201d, echoing a frequent White House talking point.The Trump administration has argued that the war was necessary to prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon, a goal Tehran has long denied.Rogers\u2019s position led El-Sayed to accuse him of \u201ccheerleading\u201d for the war and the Trump administration.Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed pushed for an end to unconditional support for Israel [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Rogers backs continued Israel aid, El-Sayed calls for endAs part of the debate about US foreign policy, the candidates were also pressed on their positions about the US alliance with Israel.The country is considered the largest overall recipient of US aid since World War II. From the start of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023 through September 2025, experts estimate that Israel received nearly $21.7bn in military aid.El-Sayed has openly called for ending aid to Israel, and he has repeatedly denounced the conflict in Gaza as a genocide, in line with evaluations from United Nations experts and human rights watchdogs.During the debate, he indicated he preferred US taxpayer dollars to be spent on domestic concerns like education and healthcare, rather than Israeli aid.\u201cHe wants unconditional support for a foreign government,\u201d El-Sayed said of Rogers. \u201cI want unconditional support for kids in our schools, unconditional support for our healthcare, childcare.\u201dHe also blamed Israel for the US military action in Iran. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be pushed into war by Israel, and I don\u2019t want to be in war with Iran,\u201d El-Sayed said.Rogers, meanwhile, has joined most of his fellow Republicans in continuing to support aid for Israel. He argued that the country had \u201cthe right to defend itself in a very difficult neighbourhood\u201d.\u201cIs there anything Israel could do that would lose your support?\u201d the debate host asked.\u201cListen, if they\u2019re talking about using nuclear weapons, they would definitely lose my support,\u201d Rogers replied.Abdul El-Sayed, right, and Mike Rogers shake hands prior to their debate [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Rogers calls immigration crackdown \u2018not appropriate\u2019Another hot-button issue during the debate was Trump\u2019s crackdown on immigration.The Republican leader has pledged to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history, and his campaign has spurred human rights concerns.When asked how they would approach the crackdown, both Rogers and El-Sayed agreed on tempering the militarised nature of the campaign.In several cities, including Minneapolis, Minnesota, immigration authorities have been accused of racial profiling and using excessive force against immigrants and protesters, as well as violating their rights to due process.Multiple fatal shootings have occurred during immigration enforcement operations, including the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.Rogers indicated he would not have supported such confrontational operations, but he repeated a Trump claim that the raids were taking dangerous criminals off the streets.\u201cI think the public efforts in Minnesota were probably not appropriate,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cYou always want to go in quiet, get the bad guy, get out of the neighbourhood for less problems. 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                    "The leading candidates in Michigan\u2019s heated Senate race have faced off in their first televised debate, with less than a month remaining before the United States midterm elections.Thursday\u2019s hour-long debate was a microcosm of how tense the toss-up race has become.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US court rejects Trump\u2019s emergency order keeping Michigan coal plant openlist 2 of 3Kamala Harris campaigns with Abdul El-Sayed to unify Democratic voterslist 3 of 3\u2018Bordering on angry\u2019: The state of play as US midterms enter final monthend of listDemocratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, formerly the health director for Wayne County, repeatedly sought to paint his Republican adversary Mike Rogers as a yacht-owning millionaire out of touch with ordinary voters.For his part, Rogers, a former member of the US House of Representatives, lobbed accusations at El-Sayed that he was soft on \u201cterrorism\u201d and had foreign sympathies.The Michigan-born El-Sayed has repeatedly faced Islamophobic attacks while on the campaign trail, with Republican President Donald Trump labelling him an \u201cextremist, terrorist sympathizer\u201d whose history \u201cgoes back to the days of the Jihad\u201d. If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim member of the US Senate.The two candidates spent much of their hour onstage together speaking over one another, as they exchanged pointed barbs.\u201cHe can\u2019t condemn a terrorist act that happened on our soil in the state of Michigan. He can\u2019t bring himself to condemn \u2013,\u201d Rogers began, referencing a March attack on a synagogue.\u201cI did condemn it,\u201d El-Sayed said, jumping in. \u201cNo, you did not,\u201d Rogers replied, with El-Sayed quickly responding, \u201cYou make stuff up. You make stuff up.\u201dThe Senate race in Michigan is considered key to the battle for control of the US Senate. Democrats are seeking to flip both chambers of Congress, but shifting control of the Senate will be a tougher prospect, given that only a third of its 100 seats are on the November 3 ballot.Host Rick Albin at times struggled to keep the debate on track, as tensions rose.\u201cWe\u2019ve got dozens of questions we want to get to. You can\u2019t litigate all of these with 14 different rebuttals, so please work with me,\u201d Albin told the two candidates at one point.Here are the key takeaways from the evening\u2019s debate.Republican nominee Mike Rogers, right, speaks during a televised debate with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Rogers insinuates El-Sayed family ties to \u2018terrorism watch list\u2019The ferocity of the debate was underscored by the high volume of ad hominem attacks the candidates deployed against each other.But Rogers repeatedly pushed a series of attacks that seemed to centre on El-Sayed\u2019s identity as a Muslim.In response to a question about healthcare, Rogers said that El-Sayed has \u201ctaken money from individuals on his campaign who openly support Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda\u201d.Later, when asked about his position on surveillance by Flock cameras, Rogers argued that such technology has helped catch people suspected of terrorism. He then implied that El-Sayed\u2019s concerns about the cameras were suggestive.\u201cWhy would that bother you?\u201d Rogers asked El-Sayed. \u201cWell, if you have somebody in your family that might be on the terrorism watch list \u2026\u201dEl-Sayed interjected, seeming to dare Rogers to continue his thought.\u201cAre you going to go ahead and say that I\u2019m a \u2013 go ahead and say it,\u201d El-Sayed said. \u201cYou\u2019ve been tiptoeing about it the whole time. Just say it. Just say it. Go ahead and say it.\u201dMuslim and Arab candidates in the US have frequently been subjected to Islamophobic attacks on the campaign trail, accusing them of support for \u201cterrorism\u201d and Islamic fundamentalism.Republican Mike Rogers insinuated El-Sayed may have family on the \u2018terrorism watch list\u2019 [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Both sides agree on ending the Iran warThere were issues, however, on which both candidates found a measure of common ground.Both Rogers and El-Sayed agreed the US-Israeli war against Iran should end, but they had opposite views on Washington\u2019s relationship with Israel and its role in the conflict.High gasoline prices and inflation, El-Sayed said, were directly caused by the Iran war, and he blamed the Trump administration for Iran\u2019s decision to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route.\u201cThis is what happens when you start wars you never should be fighting,\u201d El-Sayed said. \u201cWe literally taught the Iranian regime that they have a choke on the Strait of Hormuz, and now we\u2019re living in that reality.\u201dRogers agreed that \u201cwe need [the war] to come to an end\u201d, but he also justified the conflict, saying that Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment programme had been \u201cset back twenty years\u201d, echoing a frequent White House talking point.The Trump administration has argued that the war was necessary to prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon, a goal Tehran has long denied.Rogers\u2019s position led El-Sayed to accuse him of \u201ccheerleading\u201d for the war and the Trump administration.Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed pushed for an end to unconditional support for Israel [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Rogers backs continued Israel aid, El-Sayed calls for endAs part of the debate about US foreign policy, the candidates were also pressed on their positions about the US alliance with Israel.The country is considered the largest overall recipient of US aid since World War II. From the start of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023 through September 2025, experts estimate that Israel received nearly $21.7bn in military aid.El-Sayed has openly called for ending aid to Israel, and he has repeatedly denounced the conflict in Gaza as a genocide, in line with evaluations from United Nations experts and human rights watchdogs.During the debate, he indicated he preferred US taxpayer dollars to be spent on domestic concerns like education and healthcare, rather than Israeli aid.\u201cHe wants unconditional support for a foreign government,\u201d El-Sayed said of Rogers. \u201cI want unconditional support for kids in our schools, unconditional support for our healthcare, childcare.\u201dHe also blamed Israel for the US military action in Iran. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be pushed into war by Israel, and I don\u2019t want to be in war with Iran,\u201d El-Sayed said.Rogers, meanwhile, has joined most of his fellow Republicans in continuing to support aid for Israel. He argued that the country had \u201cthe right to defend itself in a very difficult neighbourhood\u201d.\u201cIs there anything Israel could do that would lose your support?\u201d the debate host asked.\u201cListen, if they\u2019re talking about using nuclear weapons, they would definitely lose my support,\u201d Rogers replied.Abdul El-Sayed, right, and Mike Rogers shake hands prior to their debate [Paul Sancya/Pool via AP Photo]Rogers calls immigration crackdown \u2018not appropriate\u2019Another hot-button issue during the debate was Trump\u2019s crackdown on immigration.The Republican leader has pledged to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history, and his campaign has spurred human rights concerns.When asked how they would approach the crackdown, both Rogers and El-Sayed agreed on tempering the militarised nature of the campaign.In several cities, including Minneapolis, Minnesota, immigration authorities have been accused of racial profiling and using excessive force against immigrants and protesters, as well as violating their rights to due process.Multiple fatal shootings have occurred during immigration enforcement operations, including the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.Rogers indicated he would not have supported such confrontational operations, but he repeated a Trump claim that the raids were taking dangerous criminals off the streets.\u201cI think the public efforts in Minnesota were probably not appropriate,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cYou always want to go in quiet, get the bad guy, get out of the neighbourhood for less problems. 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