Campaign Trail: Trump in Mississippi and Michigan, El-Sayed Denies Claims, Jeffries on Hegseth, Libya Summons U.S. Envoy

Mississippi

In Corinth, President Trump campaigned for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and called her Democratic opponent, Scott Colom, a "Democrat communist."

"You like me, I like you. That's just the way it is." — Trump in Corinth

"We did a rally in the north or the south, I don't know where the hell it was." — Trump on his 2019 Mississippi rally

Hyde-Smith gave a nine-word speech at her own rally:

"Is this not the best president in our lifetime?" — Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mediaite)

Next stops: Texas today, Ohio Wednesday, Florida Friday and Iowa Sunday.

Michigan

Trump held a rally in Michigan with Nicki Minaj (mlive). He stepped up his attacks on Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and invoked 9/11.

"I'm here to keep a jihadist, Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator." — Trump on El-Sayed

Status of the Muslim Brotherhood claim: made without evidence, and denied. Reuters says Mike Rogers made the allegation "without evidence." El-Sayed denies any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

"I'll be Senator Mohammed to you, bro." — Abdul El-Sayed (TND)

Trump also called Obama "a grossly incompetent President" (HuffPost).

Hegseth and House Democrats

Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would hold Pete Hegseth "accountable" if they win the House. That edges toward impeachment without committing to it.

Vance, about Democrats: "a fat load of BULLSHIT." (video)

Libya

Libya summoned the U.S. envoy over his "shithouse countries" remark (Al-Monitor).

Also said

"I don't worry about that at all. That's an immigration problem." — Trump on violence in Europe (video)