El-Sayed: I’ll go through metal detector if Trump sits for lie detector

Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Thursday responded to President Trump’s suggestion that the Democratic candidate should be forced to go through a metal detector at the U.S. Capitol if elected to Congress.

During a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., El-Sayed said he would accept the request if Trump agreed to “sit for a lie detector.” 

He referenced the president’s ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that he won the 2020 presidential election. 

“I’ll go through a metal detector every day. You sit through a lie detector one time,” El-Sayed said. “That’s the deal.”  

White House spokesperson Lauren Bis pushed back on El-Sayed’s accusation about Trump’s ties to Epstein in a statement shared with The Hill on Friday afternoon.

“Just as President Trump has said, he’s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein,” Bis wrote. “And by releasing........

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