Vance Slams ‘Evil’ Abdul el-Sayed: ‘Keep My Wife’s Name the Hell Out of Your Mouth’

Vice President JD Vance sharply criticized Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during an appearance in Sterling Heights, accusing him of promoting divisive politics and defending his wife, Usha Vance.

“Abdul, keep my wife’s name the h*** out of your mouth, because she’s way out of your league,” Vance said as the crowd reacted with cheers. WATCH:

Vance described El-Sayed as “very, very evil,” arguing that the Democratic candidate shows greater concern for certain groups while failing to extend the same compassion to others.

The vice president also responded to comments involving his late grandfather and his marriage to Usha, who is Indian-American and Hindu. El-Sayed had suggested Vance’s grandfather might have disapproved of the relationship.

Vance appeared alongside Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers, whom he encouraged Michigan voters to support in the Senate race.

Much of Vance’s criticism centered on El-Sayed’s association with political commentator Hasan Piker. Vance pointed to past controversial remarks from Piker, including comments about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, while noting that El-Sayed has resisted calls to disavow him.

“One of his main campaign surrogates suggested that America deserved 9/11,” Vance said. He added that he struggled to understand what could motivate someone to make such a statement.

Vance also accused El-Sayed of framing political issues around racial and religious divisions. He referenced El-Sayed’s comments about opposition to Sharia law and his reaction to a recent attack at Temple Israel.

According to Vance, the broader concern is whether political leaders view Americans as members of a shared country or primarily as competing racial, religious or ethnic groups.

He argued that this type of politics threatens what Americans have in common. Vance said divisions based on ethnicity can “erode the very foundations of commonality and common citizenship” that help sustain the country.

“If you look at his politics, if you look at his policy, it is all about saying, ‘This group of people is good, this ethnicity is bad, and I’m gonna fight to give from the bad group of people to the good group of people,’” Vance said. “And I think that’s a despicable way to think about your fellow Americans.”

El-Sayed later responded on X, pushing back on Vance’s characterization. He wrote that the description of us-versus-them politics was “basically how I feel about working people v. billionaires and Michigan v. Ohio.”

Before Vance’s appearance, El-Sayed also mocked the vice president’s Ohio roots while criticizing the Trump administration’s dispute with Canada.

“Who better to invite to Michigan to declare war on Michigan than Ohio[’s] JD Vance,” El-Sayed said. He then joked, “Who do you like better, Canada or Ohio? I think all of us will tell you we’re good with Canada. It’s Ohio we got problems with.”