Vance targets Michigan Democrat el Sayed as a threat to auto workers and the middle class
Vice President JD Vance is sharpening his attacks on Michigan's new Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed, calling him unfit for office and warning that his economic agenda would punish the very workers he claims to champion.Vance appeared on Fox News's Saturday in America and unloaded on el Sayed just days after the former public health official defeated centrist Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary.
The vice president framed the race as a clear test of whether Michigan voters want an economy built around industrial jobs or one organized around government redistribution to politically favored groups.
The clash matters beyond Michigan. The open Senate seat, left vacant by the retirement of Sen. Gary Peters, is rated a toss-up by the Cook Political Report.
The clash matters beyond Michigan. The open Senate seat, left vacant by the retirement of Sen. Gary Peters, is rated a toss-up by the Cook Political Report.
Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman who lost to Democrat Elissa Slotkin by fewer than 20,000 votes in 2024, will face el Sayed in November. A pickup here could shift the balance of power in the Senate, and both parties know it.
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