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Vance Slams El-Sayed for Saying Grandfather Would’ve Rejected Wife

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

In a keynote speech, Vice President JD Vance criticized liberal candidates, defended the family, remembered his friend Charlie Kirk, and even addressed speculation as to whether he would launch a presidential campaign.

Vance responded to Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who suggested his grandfather wouldn’t have liked his wife Usha’s skin color.

“The man Democrats are running for Senate in Michigan this fall—his name is Abdul El-Sayed—saw me describing what a decent man my grandfather was.,” Vance said. “And you know what Abdul did? He asked, mockingly, whether I’d bring Usha with me ‘back in time to meet Papaw.’”

“Abdul looks at him, sees the color of his skin, and decides that he could never have loved my wife,” he added.

Though El-Sayed himself was raised by his white step-grandparents, Vance said, he chose to baselessly denounce Vance’s grandparents.

“This is who the Democrats are now,” he said. “They aren’t the party of higher taxes and a little more regulation. They aren’t the party of FDR, or JFK, or even Bill Clinton. No—the Democrats are the party of hatred.”

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JD Vance: Thank God My Papaw Was a FAR BETTER Man Than Abdul El-Sayed”You know what old Abdul did? He asked mockingly whether I'd be willing to bring Usha back in time to meet Papaw. This is what he thinks of my grandfather, a man I loved and who loved his family… pic.twitter.com/sALP0mo0JK— Daily Signal (@DailySignal) September 11, 2026

JD Vance: Thank God My Papaw Was a FAR BETTER Man Than Abdul El-Sayed”You know what old Abdul did? He asked mockingly whether I'd be willing to bring Usha back in time to meet Papaw. This is what he thinks of my grandfather, a man I loved and who loved his family… pic.twitter.com/sALP0mo0JK

Vance said Democrats hate America and those who built it. He said it’s “the party that can find sympathy for the terrorists who perpetrated 9/11, but says people with names like James Vance are incapable of loving people with names like Usha.”

“And that is why we will never let them win,” he said.

On the one year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Vance also honored his friend’s legacy.

“One year ago today,  that good friend was taken from us. Charlie Kirk was assassinated,” Vance said. “He left behind two children too young to fully understand, and a wife who has carried on his mission with more courage than most of us will ever be asked to show.”

Vance spoke directly to Kirk’s two young children.

“History will record that your father was a great man,” he said. “But those of us who loved........

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