President Donald Trump has demanded that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed go through metal detectors at the U.S. Capitol building if he were to get elected in November’s midterm elections .

“I’m here to keep a Jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator,” Trump said at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, Sunday afternoon as he spewed attacks at the Democrat. El-Sayed has vehemently denied any ties to the Islamist organization.

Trump said El-Sayed “should never be allowed inside the halls of our great, beautiful Capitol building in Washington, D.C.,” adding that his supporters will elect his pick, Mike Rogers , a former Republican congressman, to the U.S. Senate.

The president then accused El-Sayed’s family of having terrorist ties, without providing any evidence, and said, “Anyone with that record of support for jihadists would be screened and unable to get a seat on an airplane.…