Vance Calls Abdul El-Sayed 'Psychopath,' Blasts Democrat
Vice President JD Vance campaigned in Michigan on Tuesday for Senate candidate Mike Rogers. He called Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a purveyor of anti-white racial hatred.
2.5 points: El-Sayed's lead over Rogers in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
Vance called El-Sayed a little bit of a psychopath before boarding Air Force Two.
Vance gave no further detail backing his racism allegation.
Vance declined to adopt Trump's description of El-Sayed, who is Muslim, as a jihadist.
Why it matters: The race tests Republican strength in Michigan, where Trump won by 1.4 points in 2024. It also exposes a split between Vance and his ally Tucker Carlson.
Carlson said he would not vote for Rogers at gunpoint; El-Sayed used that in an ad.
$47 million in ads has run in Michigan's 7th District general election, per AdImpact.
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Where they split: Coverage divides on whether Vance's attacks expose a candidate unfit for office or amount to bigoted rhetoric against a Muslim candidate.
Left coverage, 3 sources: The left sees Vance's attacks as bigoted, Islamophobic rhetoric from a Republican Party anxious about losing Michigan.
