Democrat Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed claps back at JD Vance’s latest insult

Michigan's Senate race grew sharper Thursday after Vice President JD Vance mocked Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event, and El-Sayed answered with a jab built on college football loyalties, according to The Independent.

Vance spoke on October 15 in Monroe, where he was appearing on behalf of Republican Mike Rogers. He labeled El-Sayed "a little weasel" and said the Democrat ought to be thankful toward the country that had given him everything he has. Hours afterward, El-Sayed took the stage in Marquette and turned the insult around. A University of Michigan graduate, he noted that Vance graduated from Ohio State, the Wolverines' despised gridiron opponent, and joked that the animal Vance had in mind was really a wolverine, the Michigan mascot, adding an expletive for emphasis.

El-Sayed then told Vance to take his Buckeye elsewhere, suggesting Ohio. He said Michigan residents may root for Northern Michigan University's Wildcats, Michigan State's Spartans or Michigan's Wolverines, but none of them would ever side with the Buckeyes of Ohio State.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →