'Have you lost your mind?' MAGA melts down at Trump over late-night endorsement
Trump endorsed Hassan for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, drawing objections from some of Trump’s followers.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYRaw Story is a recognized digital news outlet, but its framing here is emphatic and the short article relies mainly on selected social-media comments. The byline is identified, though the piece offers limited independent verification or response from the candidate.
- Source type — Established digital news outlet, though not a major newspaper of record or wire service.
- Editorial standards — The article identifies the endorsement and quotes commenters, but relies on a narrow selection of reactions.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
- Transparency — The quoted social-media commenters are identified by their displayed names or handles, but the reporting provides little additional sourcing.
The piece gives the endorsement wording and several direct examples of follower reactions, but it is brief and draws chiefly on selected comments from one platform. It includes no response from Hassan and little context about the campaign or the basis for the commenters’ claims.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article provides Trump’s endorsement and multiple examples of followers objecting to it, but the reactions overwhelmingly represent one side of the response. It does not include a response from Hassan or other context about the campaign.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Hassan or a defense of the endorsement is included.
- Source diversity — The article relies mainly on comments from Trump’s Truth Social followers.
- Loaded language — Several descriptions of the commenters’ reactions are charged.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece reports an event and quotes reactions, though with emphatic framing.
The report focuses on hostile reactions from Trump supporters and uses loaded terms such as “firestorm,” “raged” and “ranted.” The framing leans critical of the backlash, although it also quotes Trump’s endorsement.
- Language tone — Uses colorful, evaluative descriptions of commenters’ reactions.
- Framing — Centers the story on supporters’ anger over Trump’s endorsement.
- Source selection — Features several critical comments and no response from Hassan or a broader range of perspectives.
Donald Trump endorsed Michigan House candidate Amir Hassan, prompting angry responses from some of Trump’s Truth Social followers who objected to Hassan being Muslim. The article quotes several commenters who criticized Trump’s endorsement.
Trump announced his endorsement of Hassan, who is running to represent Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. The article says some of Trump’s followers objected because they believed Hassan was Muslim, despite campaign literature in which Hassan says Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior.
The article quotes several commenters criticizing Trump’s choice, including one who said there should be no Muslims in office and another who questioned whether Trump had lost his judgment. It does not include a response from Hassan.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Hassan in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Hassan’s record.
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SWIPE →President who endorsed a Michigan House candidate
Trump's version of this story ↗Part of a bigger story
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