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Michigan Senate Race· Day 39

JD Vance Calls Abdul El-Sayed Evil

At a Michigan rally, JD Vance attacked Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed.

August 31, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 8:45pm ET

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Pano rates the coverage Balanced.

What happened

Vice President JD Vance called Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed “very, very evil” at a MAGA Inc. rally in Sterling Heights, Michigan, on Monday, where he campaigned for Republican Mike Rogers. Vance also told El-Sayed to “keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth,” saying Usha Vance was “way out of your league.” He said El-Sayed represents a politics of people seeing themselves as members of competing groups rather than “citizens of a common nation.”

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