{"id":24780,"date":"2026-08-23T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=24780"},"modified":"2026-08-23T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:55:50","slug":"abdul-el-sayed-takes-aim-at-usha-vance-in-racist-social-media-post-gill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=24780","title":{"rendered":"Abdul El-Sayed takes aim at Usha Vance in ‘racist’ social media post: Gill"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The internet is ablaze after controversial socialist Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan invoked second lady Usha Vance in taking a dig at Vice President JD Vance, leading some top voices to question how he would treat female staff should he win in November.<\/p>\n

“El Sayed is now attacking Wives [sic] of US leaders? What a guy,” said former Florida state Rep. Ben Graber on X.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed, running against Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers, launched the attack on Saturday after Vance slammed him for his stated adherence to Sharia law during a rally in Ohio, suggesting the practice would be completely alien to his grandfather, whom he calls his “Papaw.”<\/p>\n

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Abdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters at his Get Out to Vote rally in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 3, 2026.<\/span> (Jeff Kowalsky\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

VANCE UNLOADS ON EL-SAYED OVER SHARIA REMARKS: \u2018THAT\u2019S NOT MY GRANDPA\u2019S DEMOCRATIC PARTY\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

“So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no\u2026” El-Sayed said, seemingly in reference to the second lady’s Indian ethnicity.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed’s campaign did not return a comment request from Fox News Digital asking him to explain exactly what he was implying.<\/p>\n

SWING-STATE DEM CANDIDATE’S ‘DISGUSTING’ COMMENTS ABOUT JD, USHA VANCE’S ‘BROWN CHILDREN’ SPARKS OUTRAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Why does Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed just assume that all White midwestern grandparents are racist?” asked Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, in response to the post.<\/p>\n

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Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha with their children, including newborn baby boy Alec.<\/span> (Second Lady Usha Vance @SLOTUS on X)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“If you\u2019re a rural White American living in Michigan, just remember El-Sayed believes you\u2019re a racist,” said commentator Ryan Girdusky.<\/p>\n

MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT ACCUSES ABDUL EL-SAYED OF ‘DEEPLY SEXIST ATTACKS’ ON FEMALE POLITICAL RIVALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This is why there were ads in the primary correctly highlighting how sexist and misogynistic Abdul is,” said an X account run by Democrats supporting El-Sayed’s opponent Mike Rogers. “He has so much contempt for women. If you\u2019re over the politics of division. Reject Abdul El-Sayed.”<\/p>\n

Others accused El-Sayed of being racist himself.<\/p>\n

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“You are a racist creep,” said journalist Emily Schrader in response to El-Sayed’s post.<\/p>\n

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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker at a party for content creators supporting his campaign, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit.<\/span> (Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier in the day, El-Sayed also made a post directed toward Natalie Harp, an aide to President Donald Trump. Far-left media and Democrats online have spent the past two weeks implying that Harp and Trump have an improper relationship.<\/p>\n

“Natalie, I think he\u2019s had a little too much iPad for the week. He needs his rest,” El-Sayed said in response to Trump blasting him at a rally for campaigning with far-left socialist Hasan Piker, who has said that “America deserved 9\/11.”<\/p>\n

EL-SAYED DARES GOP RIVAL TO NO-PADS FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN AS SENATE FEUD TURNS PERSONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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FILE – El-Sayed also made comments in reference to Trump aide Natalie Harp.<\/span> (Sarah Rice\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“This is what I\u2019m talking about,” said GOP strategist Matt Whitlock, posting screenshots of the posts directed at Harp and Usha Vance. “Just a bad campaign, bad candidate, bad instincts. Sitting at home on a Saturday morning tweeting bad takes that any normal campaign would shut down.”<\/p>\n

“He goes after Usha. He goes after Natalie [Harp]. This coward picks on women who are not in his fight. Imagine how he would treat female staffers in the halls of Congress,” said Tudor Dixon, a Republican former gubernatorial candidate in Michigan.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital reached out to the vice president’s office and a representative for Usha Vance, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

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Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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