Senate Hopeful Faces Backlash Over Remarks About Vance Family

A Michigan Senate candidate has drawn criticism for comments he made on a podcast about Vice President JD Vance and his family after they quickly spread online.

According to Fox News, 🏛️Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat running for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, made the remarks during an appearance on “The Allen Analysis Show,” where he took aim at Vance’s personal life, including his marriage to second lady Usha Vance.

“What do you think is going through Usha’s head when he talks? She’s like, ‘Damn, I have to sleep with him,’” El-Sayed said.

“I guess she’s pregnant, so something is happening,” he added before shifting to Vance’s family.

“Can you imagine, he’s got Brown kids, at some point he’s going to have a really awkward conversation with his kids, like, you made your career hating people who are different,” El-Sayed added.

The candidate went on to criticize what he described as inconsistencies in Vance’s political views, referencing the racial makeup of the vice president’s family.

“He’s got to look at his kids and be like, ‘Yeah, those are Brown kids, they’re mine,'” El-Sayed said. “‘You know what I mean? And I had Brown kids. I had Brown kids?'”

Sayed continued, “I love my Brown kids, and I think my Brown kids are just as American as everyone else. JD Vance has Brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else.”