Abdul El-Sayed says Michigan rejected a 'hateful, spiteful campaign' after he defeated Mike Rogers to become America's first Muslim senator
"MICHIGAN, WE DID IT!" Abdul El-Sayed celebrates his projected U.S, in a picture posted on X by Fox News.JD Vance, the US Vice President, at a rally in Dallas in September 2026 — weeks before Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan handed Democrats both the House and Senate in the midterms.
His grassroots campaign, built around universal healthcare and getting money out of politics, overcame massive outside spending. El-Sayed taunted JD Vance directly in his victory speech: 'There is this delicious irony in the fact that you're constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January.'
Trump and Vance had mocked El-Sayed's name during the campaign; El-Sayed told Trump: 'You can just call me Senator.'
El-Sayed's win was part of a 'blue tsunami' that saw Democrats seize control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Bruce Springsteen sparked fan fury by backing El-Sayed, calling Trump 'corrupt, lawless, and anti-American' in his endorsement post.
