Vice President JD Vance floated on Wednesday the possibility that in three years’ time, firebrand Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed could be sitting in the White House as commander in chief.
Vance raised the prospect of an el Sayed administration during an anti-fraud event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, arguing that Congress needs to codify stricter guidelines to prevent future scams in taxpayer-funded federal programs.
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“This effort will fundamentally always have a limitation unless our colleagues in the House and the Senate are working with us,” he said. “We don’t want the next administration, whoever you know, God forbid, you’re going to have President el Sayed in three years. We don’t want him to undo all the incredible work that we’ve been doing when we’ve been taking out the fraudsters and saving the American people money.”
Vance made the comments only hours after el Sayed was declared the victor in Michigan’s hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).
President Donald Trump, who won Michigan in 2024, was quick to praise el Sayed’s victory over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI). Trump argued that el Sayed, who has taken positions far outside the Democratic mainstream, would be an easier opponent for GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers.
“Great news for the Republican Party,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “El-Sayed, a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel, is the projected winner in his race with the Socialist.”
ABDUL EL SAYED DEFEATS HALEY STEVENS IN MICHIGAN SENATE PRIMARY
El Sayed has been criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for his anti-Israel views, which some say border on antisemitism. On the trail, el Sayed has openly embraced and campaigned with controversial internet personality Hasan Piker, who is on record claiming that “America deserved 9/11” and frequently calls Jews and supporters of Israel “Zionist pigs.”
El Sayed, himself, has echoed some of those sentiments, mostly recently on Wednesday, accusing Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “blood thirsty.”
