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Trump’s vicious closing message in Michigan

The GOP’s Islamophobia reaches a fever pitch ahead of the midterms.

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Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump’s midterm barnstorming is getting uglier and more desperate.

What’s happening? At a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday, Trump launched a new round of anti-Muslim attacks against Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, describing him as a “jihadist” who “should never be allowed inside the halls of our great beautiful Capitol.”

“If Abdul and the Democrats win,” Trump told........

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