President Donald Trump embraced Islamophobic rhetoric Sunday as he rallied in Port Huron, Michigan, in support of the state’s Republican candidates, including the GOP Senate nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers.

Trump alleged that Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee who is locked in a dead heat with Rogers, is a “jihadist,” calling him a “Muslim Brotherhood member” while saying Rogers is “apple pie.”

“Anyone with that record of support for jihadists would be screened and unable to get a seat on an airplane. They certainly should not give him a seat in the United States Senate,” Trump said about El-Sayed.

Throughout his comments Sunday, Trump offered no evidence for any of the claims about El-Sayed.

“He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate.…