Vance calls El-Sayed ‘crazy’ after being mocked as ‘Peter Thiel’s boy’

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Today's Top Stories - August 10, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 10, 2026

Vice President Vance swiped back at Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a Midwestern battle of words, calling El-Sayed “crazy.”

El-Sayed on Wednesday went after Vance by referring to him as “Peter Thiel’s boy,” referencing the tech mogul under whom Vance has worked and saying, “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........

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