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Vance Accuses El-Sayed of “Anti-White Racial Hate”

“Michigan is the most important election in the United States of America,” Vice President JD Vance said at a rally in Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday afternoon. In a town known as the “KKK capital of Michigan,” Vance delivered a bigoted midterms sales pitch. His words echoed Donald Trump’s Islamophobia from the day prior, when Trump […]

Vice President JD Vance accused Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed of "anti-white racial hate" during a rally in Howell, Michigan. Vance warned that if El-Sayed is elected, American cities will face protests similar to those seen in France, where he claimed the destruction is a result of hatred, ingratitude, and a desire to destroy rather than build.

He also criticized progressive Democrat Will Lawrence, who is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Tom Barrett in Michigan's seventh congressional district, but barely mentioned the local race, focusing instead on other topics. According to recent polls, Lawrence has led Barrett by eight points.

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