El-Sayed mocks Vance's 'cute little' Michigan rally
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed mocked Vice President Vance’s recent visit to Michigan, calling it “a cute little rally.” “JD Vance was just in Michigan. He had a cute little rally in Monroe,” El-Sayed said during an event. “He invited the like, I don’t know, five people who like him.” Vance visited Monroe, Mich., to rally...
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed fired back at Vice President JD Vance's derogatory comments, calling him a "weasel" and rebuking his characterization of him as a "weasel who should shut his mouth." El-Sayed, a Michigan alumnus, told a crowd in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, "You could take your Buckeye and go shove it somewhere else."
Vance, a former Ohio senator and Ohio State University graduate, has been seeking to portray El-Sayed as an Islamic extremist. Trump and Republicans have accused El-Sayed of being a "Muslim radical" and a "Muslim Brotherhood Member," despite a lack of evidence to support these claims. Vance criticized El-Sayed's past critical comments about America's history and accused him of wanting to litigate ancient grievances with taxpayers' money.
El-Sayed responded, stating that Vance's remarks were intended to raise questions about his commitment to America and criticized him for lecturing him about the United States.
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