Following his Michigan Senate primary win, Republicans launched attack ads against Abdul El-Sayed. But Democrats and the liberal media are focusing on the fact that the ad uses his full name, "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed," and accusing the ad of being Islamophobic. Pressed again on why the ad would not simply use the name El-Sayed goes by, Scott reached for a comparison to his own name. "The idea that using Tim Scott's full name, unabbreviated, is equivalent to using Abdul El-Sayed's full name is just ludicrous," he said. "People in Michigan are actually scared of Abdul El-Sayed, not because of Israel or whatever.