{"id":2642171,"date":"2026-08-08T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-crazy-el-sayed-would-hurt-middle-class-and-auto-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:06:53","slug":"vance-says-crazy-el-sayed-would-hurt-middle-class-and-auto-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-crazy-el-sayed-would-hurt-middle-class-and-auto-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance says &#8216;crazy&#8217; el Sayed would hurt middle class and auto industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-says-crazy-el-sayed-would-hurt-middle-class-and-auto-industry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2642171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance criticized Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate candidate,Abdul el Sayed,calling him \u201ccrazy\u201d during an interview,and accused him of opposing policies that support Michigan&#8217;s auto industry and the working class. The disagreement stems from el Sayed&#8217;s previous comments attacking Vance and his family, which occurred months before el Sayed secured the Democratic nomination. Vance questioned el Sayed\u2019s commitment to the working class, contrasting it with his opposition to policies that aid Michigan\u2019s auto sector. In response, el Sayed dismissed vance as \u201cPeter Thiel\u2019s boy\u201d and criticized his political stance. Vance labeled el Sayed as an odd individual and a potentially poor senator candidate, emphasizing his focus on rebuilding the middle class and the industrial foundation of the economy. The two continue to exchange barbs amid their political rivalry.El Sayed will face GOP candidate Mike Rogers in the November general election for Michigan\u2019s Senate seat, a race considered competitive by analysts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> took a swing at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\">Michigan\u2019s<\/a> Democratic Senate candidate, leftist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23138\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a>, calling him \u201ccrazy\u201d in an interview on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe problem with el Sayed is that he is a person who claims to stand for working people, and yet he opposed [President] <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s policies that have quite literally saved the Michigan auto industry,\u201d Vance said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Saturday in America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4680191\/vance-el-sayed-hurt-middle-class\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance says \u2018crazy\u2019 el Sayed would hurt middle class and auto industry<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4679698\/mackinac-island-mike-rogers-troll-post-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018No place like Mackinac\u2019: Mike Rogers trolls Abdul el Sayed after hot mic moment emerges<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4679661\/ogles-republicans-leftist-spending-primaries-tennessee\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ogles says Republicans should \u2018take notice\u2019 of liberal spending in GOP primaries<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance and el Sayed have clashed in the public eye since the Democratic candidate first made comments attacking Vance and his family in an April podcast, months before el Sayed was chosen as the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week. Once the left-wing Democrat defeated centrist Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) to advance to the general election, el Sayed and Vance began to trade barbs again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance initially criticized el Sayed this week after the primary results, questioning how the former public health official can \u201cfight for the working class by flooding his state and his country with low-wage immigrants.\u201d El Sayed swung back, calling Vance \u201cPeter Thiel\u2019s boy\u201d and saying he \u201cdecided to suck up to power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat Peter Thiel\u2019s boy? With that Ohio charisma he\u2019s got? That guy, I think we\u2019ve had enough with him. The last thing that he said that made any sense was <em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em>,\u201d el Sayed said, swiping at Vance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance responded to el Sayed\u2019s remarks Saturday morning, saying he doesn\u2019t \u201cpay that guy much mind\u201d and took aim at el Sayed\u2019s progressive policy stances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not a guy who wants a prosperous economy where auto workers and everybody else can actually raise a family, ideally on a single wage if they so choose,\u201d Vance said. \u201cWhat he is actually trying to build is an economy where you tax some people, you give it to Democratic Party-favored interest groups, and that\u2019s just not how you create prosperity. You create prosperity by actually rebuilding the middle class in this country, rebuilding the industrial foundation of middle class prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance said he was not surprised by el Sayed\u2019s personal attacks, saying \u201che\u2019s just kind of an odd guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that it\u2019s telling that instead of talking about what he wants to do to make the lives of Michiganders better, he takes personal insults at me,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI\u2019m the vice president; it comes with the territory. I think the guy is crazy and would be a terrible senator for the people of Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4678908\/rogers-appeals-democrats-turned-off-el-sayed-home-with-us\/\">ROGERS APPEALS TO DEMOCRATS TURNED OFF BY EL SAYED: \u2018YOU HAVE A HOME WITH US\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed will take on GOP candidate former Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1022\">Mike Rogers<\/a> in the general election in November, setting up a much-anticipated showdown to see who will replace retiring Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gary-peters\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1182\">Gary Peters<\/a> (D-MI) in the U.S. Senate. Trump-endorsed Rogers lost by less than 20,000 votes to Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The open seat is considered a toss-up by election forecasters like the Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance calls Michigan Dem Abdul el Sayed \u201ccrazy,\u201d opposes his policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2642172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26209526473912.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[81734,45051,15469],"class_list":["post-2642171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-el-sayed","tag-middle-class","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26209526473912.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2642171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642174,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642171\/revisions\/2642174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2642172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2642171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2642171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2642171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}