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Vance says El-Sayed has no ‘constituency among the working class’

JD Vance said Abdul El-Sayed won on support from white liberals, not working-class voters, after the Democrat beat Haley Stevens by less than 1 percentage point.

  • On Wednesday, Vice President J.D. Vance dismissed Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as one of "these DSA types" during a Fox News interview, claiming his primary victory resulted from "self-hating white liberals."
  • El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Tuesday's primary despite being outspent nine-to-one, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee contributing $32 million to Stevens' campaign against him.
  • Vance, whose 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy" highlights his own "upward mobility" from Yale Law School, argues the modern Democratic base consists of "downwardly mobile" voters sold a "bill of goods" by elite universities.
  • El-Sayed countered that Vance represents a political class willing to "do anything for power and money, including corrupt their office," while pivoting to attack his November opponent, former Michigan GOP Rep. Mike Rogers.
  • Ahead of the November 3 general election, Vance warned supporters in Washington about the prospect of "President El-Sayed in three years," framing the stakes of the upcoming Senate contest.
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Real Clear Politics broke the news in Northbrook, United States on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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