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<p>Abdul El-Sayed took a dig at President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance late Tuesday night after defeating Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race.</p><p>While on the midterm election campaign trail, the United States leader repeatedly threw jabs at El-Sayed, who has become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.</p><p>The Senator-elect replied to the President during his victory speech: "I know you struggled with my name. So after JD swears me in in January, you can just call me Senator."</p><p>Addressing Vice President JD Vance, El-Sayed stated, "JD, habibi, there is this delicious irony in the fact that you're constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January."</p><p>Turning to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, he said the lobbying group "spent $42 million against us," adding "Thank you for the opportunity to beat you twice."</p><p>El-Sayed accused critics of claiming hatred simply for advocating that Palestinian kids should grow up in the land of their forefathers "without being murdered by our tax dollars.</p><p>"We want our taxes spent here, for schools here, healthcare here, and infrastructure here," he emphasised. "We don't want our money sent to do apartheid, or genocide, or war."</p><p>According to El-Sayed, who's also a public health administrator, believing in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination is not hate but love.</p><p>El-Sayed triumphed in the keenly contested race, despite the last-minute support for Rogers by Rep. Haley Stevens, whom he beat in the Democratic primary.</p><p>42-year-old El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, campaigned on universal healthcare, economic populism, and civil rights, while fiercely criticising the US war in Iran.</p><p>The Senator-elect has also called for the ending of all US military aid to Israel, arguing that taxpayer funds should go to domestic needs such as education and healthcare.</p><p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/04/michigans-el-sayed-addresses-trump-vance-after-election-as-first-muslim-us-senator/">Michigan's El-Sayed addresses Trump, Vance after election as first Muslim US Senator</a></p>
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