JD Vance Says There’s ‘Something About Abdul El Sayed That is Very, Very Evil’

Vice President JD Vance joined a campaign rally for GOP candidates in Michigan on Monday and launched several savage attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the open U.S. Senate seat in the state.

Vance opened his remarks by jabbing El-Sayed for campaigning with Hasan Piker, who said that the U.S. “deserved” the 9/11 terror attacks. El-Sayed has expressly disavowed that comment.

The vice president also shredded El-Sayed over his recent apology for his comments following the attack on a Jewish synagogue and school, accusing the Michigan Democrat of “empathizing” with the attacker and not the potential victims.

“And, you know, I was trying to understand what would motivate a person to say these things, what would motivate a person to do these things. And I realized that there’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil and on the rise in the United States of America today,” Vance continued, adding:

And it’s people who see themselves not as citizens of a coalition fighting for every single person, whether they’re Jewish or Christian, whether they’re white, black, or brown, but see themselves as fighting for one group at the expense of others. And that is how, ladies and gentlemen, you destroy the United States of America. I see in this crowd people who are fighting for their rights.

Vance later addressed some of El-Sayed’s comments about his family.

“Now, the last thing I’ll say about Abdul — Mr. El-Sayed — is he has a weird habit of talking about my family. Have you noticed this? You know, look, I don’t know who his wife is. I’m sure she’s a lovely person. But I would never come to this state and disrespect you, or disrespect somebody’s family, by talking about another person’s wife — a person who isn’t on the ballot,” Vance said, adding:

And yet, Abdul El-Sayed, every time they put a microphone in front of his face, he wants to talk about my wife or my grandfather.

You know, my message to Abdul El-Sayed — and I’m feeling especially protective, of course, because we have a five-week-old baby at home, and the Second Lady is doing great and taking great care of him — my message to Abdul El-Sayed is: you can pal around with terrorist sympathizers, and you can say that America deserves 9/11, or you can empathize not with the children who were targeted at Temple Israel, but with the attacker. These are all despicable things, but they’re all things that the people of Michigan will judge you on based on your record.

But I actually think the people of Michigan think it’s kind of weird when — you know why? I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about the public policy ideas you have to make their lives better. 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.

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.

Vance appeared to be referring to comments El-Sayed made in April, jabbing both Vance and his wife for having “brown kids,” given some of Vance’s past statements.

“JD Vance has brown kids who he thinks — he thinks are less American than everyone else. Like, 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. Yeah. That’s so sad. How do you — like, I just, part of me is like, bro, that must break you every time you hug your own kids. Like, I’m so sorry,” El-Sayed said at the time.

Watch the clip above.

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