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Usha Vance responds to Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘racist’ attack on her

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Second Lady Usha Vance offered a classy response to controversial Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who invoked her background to attack her husband, Vice President JD Vance.

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  1. Legal Insurrection

    Abdul El-Sayed Targets Usha Vance in Racist Attack (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    “JD Vance has Brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else,” El-Sayed said. “Usha, like, get out. Okay? Still got time.” The post Abdul El-Sayed Targets Usha Vance in Racist Attack first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

  2. Al Jazeera

    US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed rebuts criticism from JD Vance (opens Al Jazeera)

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    El-Sayed has hit back at JD Vance, saying his identity and religion aren’t causing the Trump administration’s problems.

  3. Breitbart News

    WATCH: Abdul El-Sayed Again Attacks JD Vance's Marriage After VP Criticizes MI Democrat's Stance on Sharia Law (opens Breitbart News)

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    Michigan's radical left Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, became hot under the collar when he misunderstood comments Vice President JD Vance made about Sharia law and his own grandfather. The Democrat also pointedly attacked Vance's marriage.

  4. Fox News

    El-Sayed under fire online after taking aim at Usha Vance, female Trump aide in weekend social media posts (opens Fox News)

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    Abdul El-Sayed's post about Usha Vance and JD Vance's grandfather sparked accusations of racism and sexism from Rep. Brandon Gill and others.

  5. New York Post

    Abdul El-Sayed sparks pushback over ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’ Usha Vance, Natalie Harp posts (opens New York Post)

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    The Senate hopeful made the series of controversial posts on Saturday.

  6. New York Post

    Usha Vance responds to Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘racist’ attack on her (opens New York Post)

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    Second Lady Usha Vance offered a classy response to controversial Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who invoked her background to attack her husband, Vice President JD Vance.

  7. Fox News

    Second lady Usha Vance fires back at pointed jab from Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (opens Fox News)

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    Usha Vance responded to Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's remark that seemingly questioned whether JD Vance's Papaw would have accepted her Indian ethnicity.

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