Vice President JD Vance urged Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed during a rally on Monday to focus on substantive policy issues instead of attacking his wife."I actually think that the people of Michigan think it's kind of weird when you talk about another guy's wife," Vance said at a metro Detroit rally organized by MAGA Inc., a super PAC aligned with the president."I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about the public policy ideas …I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about how you're going to protect auto workers when you're supporting every single policy that has undercut the wages and jobs of Michigan auto workers your entire life in public service."EL-SAYED UNDER FIRE ONLINE AFTER TAKING AIM AT USHA VANCE, FEMALE TRUMP AIDE IN WEEKEND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTSA split image shows Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, left, and Vice President JD Vance, right.El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for Michigan's open U.S.
Senate seat and will face Republican Mike Rogers in the general election.(Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images; Finn Gomez/Getty Images)"But whatever you want to talk about, Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth because she's way out of your league," the vice president added.Vance's quip was in response to El-Sayed saying "do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no" after the vice president suggested that Sharia law would have been an alien concept to his grandfather. Critics said the post appeared to take aim at Usha Vance’s Indian heritage.
El-Sayed later said his point was that Vance seemed to be suggesting some people are "more American" than others because their families have been in the country longer, noting that Vance’s own in-laws are immigrants."If you’re a rural White American living in Michigan, just remember El-Sayed believes you’re a racist," conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky said in response to the Democratic hopeful’s ...