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A decade before Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed appeared to question how JD Vance\u2019s grandfather would have regarded Usha Vance, the vice president wrote that one of his “great regrets” was that his grandparents never got to meet his wife.<\/p>\n

“Last, but certainly not least, is my darling wife, Usha,” Vance wrote in 2016 in the acknowledgments of his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” He added, “\u2026 though it is one of the great regrets of my life that Mamaw and Papaw never met her, it is the source of my greatest joy that I did.”<\/p>\n

The passage was cited repeatedly on social media over the weekend as conservatives dragged the Michigan Senate candidate over his swipe at second lady Usha Vance.<\/a> The controversy comes as El-Sayed fights for Michigan\u2019s open U.S. Senate seat against Republican Mike Rogers, putting the Democrat\u2019s rhetoric under a brighter spotlight as the high-stakes general election takes shape.<\/p>\n

VANCE UNLOADS ON EL-SAYED OVER SHARIA REMARKS: \u2018THAT\u2019S NOT MY GRANDPA\u2019S DEMOCRATIC PARTY\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

El-Sayed invoked Vance\u2019s family<\/a> after the vice president criticized his past comments about Sharia law<\/a> at an Ohio rally this month, arguing that the Michigan Democrat represented a version of the party his grandfather \u2014 whom Vance called “Papaw” \u2014 would not have recognized.<\/p>\n

“So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no\u2026” El-Sayed said, a remark critics called racist and interpreted as an insinuation that Papaw would not have accepted Usha because of her Indian heritage.<\/p>\n

Critics were quick to call out El-Sayed, with many questioning his attitude toward women and others pointing to Vance\u2019s book.<\/p>\n

“Why does Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed just assume that all White midwestern grandparents are racist?” asked<\/a> Texas Rep. Brandon Gill.<\/p>\n

EL-SAYED UNDER FIRE ONLINE AFTER TAKING AIM AT USHA VANCE, FEMALE TRUMP AIDE IN WEEKEND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“El-Sayed is an absolute vile, abhorrent, PIG. Usha Vance is a beloved figure in our country and in my opinion Vice President Vance’s most powerful secret weapon,” said Meghan McCain<\/a>. “Women in America truly love her – attack her at your own peril democrat psychopaths. It will backfire.”<\/p>\n

“If you\u2019re a rural White American living in Michigan, just remember El-Sayed believes you\u2019re a racist,” said<\/a> commentator Ryan Girdusky.<\/p>\n

“You are a racist creep,” said<\/a> journalist Emily Schrader in response to El-Sayed’s post.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed and the Vance family for comment.<\/p>\n

“Hillbilly Elegy,” published in 2016, chronicled Vance\u2019s upbringing in Middletown, Ohio, and his family\u2019s Appalachian roots in Kentucky, with his grandparents \u2014 whom he called “Mamaw” and “Papaw” \u2014 playing central roles in the memoir and his childhood.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vances-decade-old-great-regret-resurfaces-el-sayeds-jab-second-lady-comes-back-bite-him <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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