Vance rips Michigan’s ‘crazy’ El-Sayed: would be a ‘terrible senator’

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 08, 2026 · 383 words · By Geoff Earle

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Vance rips Michigan’s ‘crazy’ El-Sayed: would be a ‘terrible senator’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Vance rips Michigan’s ‘crazy’ El-Sayed: would be a ‘terrible senator’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Vice President JD Vance ripped radical Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed Saturday, predicting he’d be a “terrible senator” if elected.

Common ground

“I think the guy’s crazy and would be a terrible senator for the people of Michigan, Vance told Fox News days after El-Sayed’s remarkable victory in the Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary — and after the anti-Israel Dem mocked him for “sucking up to power.”…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Ad Hominem: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that El-Sayed’s remarkable victory in the Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “El-Sayed’s remarkable victory in the Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary”

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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera and several cross-references from Flipboard, confirm Abdul El-Sayed's victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a Class I member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. It was held concurrently with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. Democratic former Wayne County he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (born October 31, 1984), commonly known as Abdul El-Sayed, is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate elec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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Claim 2: “El-Sayed is running against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)”

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Web search results confirm Abdul El-Sayed is a candidate for the US Senate in Michigan for the 2026 cycle, and other reports link him as an opponent to Mike Rogers.

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul El-Sayed was born on October 31, 1984, in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, to Egyptian immigrant parents. [6][7][8] His father, Mohamed, was raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and immigrated to …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul El-Sayed is running for US Senate in Michigan to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, and pass Medicare for All.
https://abdulforsenate.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; Arabic: عبد ال, ʿAbd al-) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word Abd (عبد, meaning "Ser…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul

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Claim 3: “Vance, 42”

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Wikipedia explicitly states JD Vance was born on August 2, 1984. As of 2026/2027, he would be 42.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president for a term of four years. In the 2024 elections, the Republican Part…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman, August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, and venture capitalist serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JD Vance has served as the 50th vice president of the United States since January 20, 2025, during the second presidency of Donald Trump. Vance, a member of the Republican Party who had previously ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_presidency_of_JD_Vance

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Claim 4: “Vance’s earlier attacks on Trump before Trump tapped him as his running mate in 2024”

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Multiple web sources document that JD Vance was previously a 'Never Trump' critic, even likening Trump to Hitler, before becoming his running mate in 2024.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JD Vance is an American politician and author who is the 50th vice president of the United States since 2025. Vance was formerly the junior United States senator from Ohio, and served in the U.S. Mari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_JD_Vance

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JD Vance, the 50th vice president of the United States (2025–present) and former United States senator from Ohio, has ran for public office twice as a member of the Republican party. He ran in the 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_JD_Vance

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Claim 5: “Vance’s longtime association with the Silicon Valley billionaire [Peter Thiel], who backed his early investment career and Senate runs”

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Web search results and Wikipedia confirm that Peter Thiel provided financial backing for Vance's investment career and was a major donor to his 2022 Senate run.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD V…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

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Claim 6: “Vance’s breakthrough autobiography [Hillbilly Elegy]”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm JD Vance wrote the 2016 memoir/autobiography 'Hillbilly Elegy'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Midd…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Elegy

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web search NEUTRAL — JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” is kinda what you’d expect from Trump’s VP #booktok #bookworm #authorsoftiktok #readersoftiktok #politicstiktok #memoir #autobiography #videoessay.Descubre la biografía de…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/jd-vance-autobiography

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web search NEUTRAL — Written in 2016, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, tells the story of Mr Vance's upbringing in Middletown, Ohio, to parents who were from the Appalachians in eastern Kentuck…
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Claim 7: “Mike Rogers... lost his last race by only 20,000 votes in 2024”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about a TV series called 'Mike' and a musician named MIKE. No evidence was found regarding Mike Rogers' 2024 election results or a 20,000 vote margin.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mike: Created by Steven Rogers. With Trevante Rhodes, Russell Hornsby, Olunike Adeliyi, Kale Browne. The wild, tragic, and controversial life and career behind one of the most polarizing figures in sp…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14181914/

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web search NEUTRAL — Mike is an American television miniseries created by Steven Rogers. The series is an unauthorized look at the life of boxer Mike Tyson, with Trevante Rhodes as the title role, and co-stars Russell Hor…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_(miniseries)

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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Jordan Bonema (born October 13, 1998), known professionally as MIKE (stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer based in New York City.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIKE_(musician)

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Claim 8: “Vice President JD Vance ripped radical Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed Saturday”

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Multiple independent web sources (Roya News, Fox News, and other reports) confirm that JD Vance criticized Abdul El-Sayed on a Saturday, specifically calling him 'crazy'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections. In these elections, voters will elect…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gretchen Esther Whitmer (; born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Indiana. Republican congressman Jim Banks was el…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elec…

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