Socialist Senator Abdul El-Sayed Criticizes VP JD Vance for Bringing Usha

The internet is on fire after Abdul El-Sayed, a socialist Senate hopeful from Michigan, took shots at Vice President JD Vance by bringing second lady Usha Vance into the mix. Top voices are now asking how he would treat female staff if he walks away with the November victory.

Former Florida state Rep. Ben Graber posted on X and called it out immediately. "El Sayed is now attacking Wives [sic] of US leaders? What a guy," he wrote. The typo stayed in the post.

This clash happened Saturday after Vance went hard on El-Sayed for his claim about following Sharia law at an Ohio rally. The vice president suggested that idea would feel completely foreign to his grandfather, whom he calls Papaw.

"So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no…" El-Sayed replied. He was clearly referencing the second lady's Indian ethnicity. His campaign did not return a comment request from Fox News Digital seeking an explanation of exactly what he meant.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, fired back at the post. "Why does Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed just assume that all White midwestern grandparents are racist?" he asked. Commentator Ryan Girdusky added his take for rural White Americans living in Michigan. "Just remember El-Sayed believes you're a racist," he said.

Some accounts accused El-Sayed of being racist himself. Journalist Emily Schrader called him out directly. "You are a racist creep," she posted. Earlier that day, El-Sayed also directed a post at Natalie Harp, an aide to President Donald Trump. Far-left media and Democrats online have spent the past two weeks implying that Harp and Trump share an improper relationship.

"Natalie, I think he's had a little too much iPad for the week. He needs his rest," El-Sayed wrote after Trump blasted him at a rally for campaigning with far-left socialist Hasan Piker. That same Piker has said America deserved 9/11.

GOP strategist Matt Whitlock shared screenshots of the posts aimed at Harp and Usha Vance on X. "This is what I'm talking about," he posted. He called it a bad campaign, a bad candidate, and bad instincts. He noted that any normal campaign would shut down such activity. Tudor Dixon, a Republican former gubernatorial candidate in Michigan, chimed in with his own warning. "He goes after Usha. He goes after Natalie [Harp]. This coward picks on women who are not in his fight. Imagine how he would treat female staffers in the halls of Congress," Dixon said.

An X account run by Democrats supporting El-Sayed's opponent, Mike Rogers, weighed in too. They pointed to ads from the primary that highlighted sexist and misogynistic behavior. "He has so much contempt for women. If you're over the politics of division. Reject Abdul El-Sayed," the account stated.