Trump praises Haley Stevens' defection while lobbing Islamophobic insults at El-Sayed – video

On stage in Iowa, Trump praised congresswoman Haley Stevens’ defection from the Democrats to support Mike Rogers' Senate campaign – going so far as to welcome her to join the Republican party. He then called Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, a 'jihadist,' continuing a line of a Islamophobic attacks against the progressive Democratic Senate nominee.

• Trump launches racist diatribe against Abdul El-Sayed at Iowa rally

• Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican rival Mike Rogers