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“JD Vance has escalated his inflammatory attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Michigan who has faced an onslaught of Islamophobia, claiming he would lead rioters in “burning down””

“In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate, has faced a barrage of ads attacking his religion (he is Muslim) and claiming, baselessly, that he has ties to Islamic terrorist organizations.”

“JD Vance, the vice-president, escalated the inflammatory attacks at an event in Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday, during which he sought to connect El-Sayed’s politics to violent leftwing protests in Paris that saw thousands arrested.”

“In latest campaign attack, Vance connects Abdul El-Sayed to protests in Paris At a campaign stop in Michigan, JD Vance further escalated a war of words he’s exchanged with the state’s Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed.”

“In Michigan, progressive Abdul El-Sayed is seeking to hold an open seat for Democrats after Gary Peters, the incumbent senator, decided not to seek re-election.”

“Last month, vice-president JD Vance spoke personally with a rabbi and a security guard from Temple Israel, who also attended a rally Vance held in nearby Sterling Heights in which the vice-president claimed El-Sayed is “very, very evil”.”

“Vice-president JD Vance, meanwhile, called El-Sayed “very, very evil” at a Michigan rally and, separately, invoked his own late grandfather to attack comments El-Sayed made in 2022 defending a legal challenge to an Oklahoma anti-Sharia ballot measure.”

“In a thinly veiled Islamophobic comment, JD Vance recently said: “There’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil.”

“Johnson added that, while big names like Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed are known entities, the bigger threat comes from “Democrats in the swing seats who say one thing, and then join forces and vote with the socialists that they’re afraid of”.”