Vice President JD Vance called Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “evil” during a Monday rally in Sterling Heights. The attack was another personal turn in a race that could determine which party controls the Senate next year.
JD Vance drops warning for Abdul El-Sayed after his comments on Usha Vance
Vance directed much of his anger at El-Sayed’s recent post on X (formerly Twitter) about Usha Vance. The Democratic nominee had written, “So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no…” The remark referenced a Vance rally story about his late grandfather while drawing attention to his wife’s Indian immigrant background and Hindu upbringing.
The vice president used the controversy to paint El-Sayed as a divisive figure unworthy of representing Michigan. He argued the Democrat embodies a growing trend in American politics where leaders prioritize narrow identity groups over the broader public. He also warned El-Sayed to “keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth.”
“There’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil and on the rise in the United States of America today,” JD Vance told the crowd at the MAGA Inc. event. “It’s people who see themselves not as citizens of a common nation, fighting for every single person, but see themselves as fighting for one group at the expense of others.”
Vance pressed further by suggesting El-Sayed shows compassion only toward people who share his Muslim faith. He claimed the Democrat would “apologize for a murderer so long as he looks the right way” while ignoring the suffering of innocent children from other backgrounds. He urged voters to reject El-Sayed and support Republican nominee Mike Rogers instead.
El-Sayed responded with a statement where he redirected the “evil” label toward the Trump administration’s policies and GOP priorities.
“Evil is the idea of stripping away people’s health care when they absolutely have no other option. What’s evil is to do that so that you can pass a tax cut for billionaires…is putting a data center that people don’t want in their backyard despite them. What’s evil is corrupting yourself because you want a little bit more power,” El-Sayed said.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.
