The more you see and hear from Abdul El-Sayed, the socialist-aligned radical who just won the Democrat Party's Senate primary in Michigan, the more it seems like he's better suited to be a bomb-throwing keyboard warrior or a podcast bro who excels at raging into a microphone.
It certainly seems like he's auditioning for one of these roles instead of the sober, serious job of being a United States senator. Then again, no one has accused the Democrat Party of being sober or serious in a very long time.
El-Sayed had Vice President JD Vance in his sights during a recent interview with MS NOW. In it, El-Sayed rattled off a series of insults against Vance, saying he hadn't "made any sense" since "Hillbilly Elegy," and accusing the vice president of sucking up to "power."
“Is that Peter Thiel’s boy with that Ohio charisma he’s got?” El-Sayed sneered. “That guy. I think we’ve had enough of him. The last thing that he said that made any sense was ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. That was the last time he made sense, and then he decided to suck up to power.”
It actually sounds like El-Sayed is trying out for the role of Hasan Pike imitator, doesn't it? He's AOC if AOC were somehow more insufferable, less likable, and convinced every cheap insult spit out of her mouth was a devastating intellectual blow.
The vice president shot back at El-Sayed during a Saturday interview on Fox News, calling El-Sayed "crazy" and revealing the candidate had nastily gone after the Vance children.
"I think the guy is crazy and would be a terrible senator for the people of Michigan."@VP JD Vance unloads on Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, accusing him of resorting to personal attacks instead of explaining how he'd improve life for voters.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 8, 2026
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"I think the guy is crazy and would be a terrible senator for the people of Michigan."
@VP JD Vance unloads on Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, accusing him of resorting to personal attacks instead of explaining how he'd improve life for voters.
"He's also gone after my kids. He's just kind of an odd guy," Vance says, before contrasting El-Sayed's economic approach with President Trump's agenda.
Vance argues the path to prosperity is "rebuilding the middle class" and America's industrial base, while crediting Trump's policies with helping Michigan's auto industry.
Here's what Abdul El-Sayed said about the Vance children during a podcast interview back in April.
Dr. Abdul Sayed, a Senate candidate tied for the lead in the Michigan Democratic primary, asked Vice President JD Vance how he reconciles having "brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else."
"That’s wild—to look at your own kids and be like, you don’t actually belong as much in this country that I brought you into," Sayed said. "It must break you every time you hug your own kids. I’m so sorry."
"The thing about JD Vance—he has the charisma of a doorknob," Sayed said. "Literally the aura of a toad. You’re not winning an election, my friend. I’m so sorry."
"He’s got brown kids. At some point, he’s going to have to have a really awkward conversation with his kids, like—you made your career hating people who are different."
What an absolutely loathsome thing to say about young children. Who does that? JD Vance can take the political slings and arrows, but leave the babies out of it, you cretin.
Hopefully, Michigan voters pay close attention to this rage-baiter's podcast schtick. Sneering at JD Vance and dragging his children into the political fray might earn applause from the permanently online Left, but it’s a strange way to convince normal voters that you’re a serious person capable of doing a serious job.
This kind of hate can only mean one thing: the far-Left is very afraid of a possible JD Vance presidency.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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