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El-Sayed Faces Backlash Over Posts Targeting Usha Vance and Trump Aide

Critics said the posts targeted women outside his campaign fight and showed racist and sexist assumptions, as El-Sayed runs against Republican Mike Rogers.

  • Michigan Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed faces backlash for social media posts targeting Usha Vance and Trump aide Natalie Harp, with the remarks referencing Vance's wife's Indian heritage.
  • These comments followed Vice President Vance's Ohio rally, where he criticized El-Sayed's views on Sharia law and remarked that El-Sayed's positions would be foreign to his grandfather, whom he calls 'Papaw'.
  • Critics, including Republican Tudor Dixon and journalist Emily Schrader, accused El-Sayed of racism and sexism. Dixon stated, "This coward picks on women who are not in his fight," questioning his treatment of staff in Congress.
  • El-Sayed's campaign declined to comment on the controversy, while Fox News Digital reported that the vice president's office and Usha Vance's representative did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
  • The incident complicates El-Sayed's November campaign against Congressman Mike Rogers, as tensions intensified after President Donald Trump criticized El-Sayed for campaigning with Hasan Piker, who previously stated that "America deserved 9/11.
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‘Racist creep’: Abdul El-Sayed facing backlash after hitting at Usha Vance, Natalie Harp

Socialist US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed from Michigan is getting blasted online after taking aim at Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, and Natalie Harp in online posts over the weekend.

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