Now that he's firmly ensconced within the national political spotlight, socialist U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is taking aim at the highest-profile Republicans, as well as those within his own party who aren't comfortable with his far-left agenda.
One recent example came when he targeted Vice President J.D. Vance based on the unsubstantiated claim that he is Palantir founder Peter Thiel's "boy."
Vance took the opportunity to respond, calling attention to El-Sayed's own record, as The Hill reported:
"He's just kind of an odd guy, but I think that it's telling that instead of talking about what he wants to do to make the lives of Michiganders better, he takes personal insults at me. I'm the vice president, it comes with the territory," Vance said, responding to El-Sayed in an interview that aired Saturday on Fox News's "Saturday in America."
"I think the guy's crazy and would be a terrible senator for the people of Michigan. We're going to make that case, and obviously the people in Michigan are going to make their vote," he added.
How could anyone be lured into stupidity by this creepy dude? Funny how the wealthy people in Congress are all dems. Who is this knucklehead getting his money from hmm? Money laundered through little old ladies surprised to find out they donate? Reject these slick criminals.
— CCostis (@c_costis) August 6, 2026
Meanwhile, continued evidence of El-Sayed's controversial ideology continues to surface:
“You’re gonna wanna not get these things (Qurans) in the shot. Trying to keep the shot secular.”
— James David Dickson (@downi75) August 8, 2026
—Abdul El-Sayed in 2018 pic.twitter.com/WgFFGiVbas
Abdul El-Sayed says he freaked out at a rural Michigan pit stop after a "big," trucker guy "fitting a certain stereotype" stoped at the same pit stop
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) August 10, 2026
"I was like 'where's my bodyguard'"
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The New York Post provided these details:
"I think that it's telling that instead of talking about what he wants to do to make the lives of Michiganders better, he takes personal insults at me. I'm the vice president. It comes with the territory," he said.
Vice President JD Vance called Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed "crazy" after the public health expert mocked his "Ohio charisma."
Vance, 42, was asked about El-Sayed's comments to MS NOW, where he railed on Vance.
"Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma he's got?" El-Sayed sneered. "That guy. I think we've had enough of him. The last thing that he said that made any sense was 'Hillbilly Elegy', after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. That was the last time he made sense, and then he decided to suck up to power."
The dig was a reference to Vance's longtime association with the Silicon Valley billionaire, who backed his early investment career and Senate runs, and Vance's breakthrough autobiography – as well as Vance's earlier attacks on Trump before Trump tapped him as his running mate in 2024.
And here's what the candidate said recently when asked about remarks from one of his far-left acolytes:
NBC: Hasan Piker has said "America deserved 9/11," do you plan to continue to campaign with him?
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 9, 2026
EL-SAYED: "I'm less concerned now with who I'm campaigning with..."
NBC: "Would you welcome him though?"
EL-SAYED: "I'm a lot more focused on who I'm campaigning to." pic.twitter.com/2kyYIyNic7
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