Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Has a Bone to Pick With JD Vance @slate

Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

"He’s a bad person," Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says of JD Vance. "This is a man who actually takes the idea of morals and then uses the idea of morals to advance his own crass political agenda."

El-Sayed joined Mary Harris on What Next to discuss how he is working to build a relationship with the people of Michigan, the "Michigan Mamdani" comparisons, and why he has such animus towards the current vice president.

Watch the entire conversation now on YouTube: youtu.be/h2rnx7B2798?si=arXE3GflH-KwOvNC

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