Vice President JD Vance Criticizes Abdul El-Sayed at Rally

<p>Vice President JD Vance urged Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed during a rally on Monday to focus on substantive policy issues instead of attacking his wife. </p><p>"I actually think that the people of Michigan think it's kind of weird when you talk about another guy's wife," Vance said at a metro Detroit rally organized by MAGA Inc., a super PAC aligned with the president. </p><p>"I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about the public policy ideas …I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about how you're going to protect auto workers when you're supporting every single policy that has undercut the wages and jobs of Michigan auto workers your entire life in public service." </p><p>Vance's comment was in response to El-Sayed saying, "do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no," after the vice president suggested that Sharia law would have been an alien concept to his grandfather. </p><p>Vance added, "But whatever you want to talk about, Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth because she's way out of your league." </p><p>Critics noted that El-Sayed's post appeared to take aim at Usha Vance’s Indian heritage. El-Sayed later clarified that his point was that Vance seemed to suggest some people are "more American" than others based on their family's history in the country, referencing Vance’s own immigrant in-laws. </p><p>Conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky responded to El-Sayed’s statement, saying, "If you’re a rural White American living in Michigan, just remember El-Sayed believes you’re a racist." </p><p>Earlier in his speech, Vance accused El-Sayed of undermining his support for working people by taking liberal positions on immigration issues. </p><p>"We're here to talk about protecting Michigan truck drivers, but also protecting the safety of every single person who drives on the road with a semi truck, which is all of us," Vance stated. "Here's the crazy thing. Just a few years ago, Abdul El-Sayed said that we need to make sure that illegal aliens have driver's licenses in this country. He would love to undercut the wages of American truckers." </p><p>In 2018, El-Sayed expressed support for allowing illegal immigrants to obtain standard driver's licenses, although he did not specifically advocate for those in the country illegally to receive the commercial driver's licenses necessary to operate long-haul trucks. </p><p>While Vance and El-Sayed differ in their approaches to immigration, both agree, in principle, that tariffs should be used to benefit American industry. </p><p>The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Monday.</p>