JD Vance Calls Abdul El-Sayed “Evil” in Michigan Senate Race, Defending Wife Usha
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Updated · CNN · Aug 31
JD Vance Calls Abdul El-Sayed “Evil” in Michigan Senate Race, Defending Wife Usha
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Aug 31
Summary
Sterling Heights rally remarks escalated the Michigan Senate fight after Vice President JD Vance branded Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed “very, very evil” and told him to keep Usha Vance’s name “the hell out of your mouth.”
Vance tied the attack to El-Sayed’s earlier X post asking whether JD Vance would take his wife “back in time to meet Papaw,” a jab critics saw as targeting her Indian heritage and Hindu upbringing.
El-Sayed fired back that Republicans and the Trump administration were the ones perpetrating “evil,” accusing them of hurting working people, dividing voters and backing Mike Rogers for Senate.
The clash lands in a competitive race that could help decide Senate control, with Republicans already pressing El-Sayed over his synagogue-attack comments and his past association with streamer Hasan Piker.