El-Sayed Shuts Down Vance's Islamophobic Attack

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed perfectly answers Vance's straw man attack over Islam and Sharia Law.
By Chris capper Liebenthal — September 22, 2026

J. Divan Vance, or, if you prefer, Vladimir Futon, was in Kansas for a rally but spent most of his time attacking Michigan senatorial candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. Vance went full Islamophobic and raised the tired, old trope about Muslims wanting to impose Sharia Law. AES shut down Vance's attack with the perfect reply while on MS NOW:

Look, I think if you're actively trying to go after Sharia law, it's because you're trying to change the conversation.

Now, I know JD Vance went to Ohio State. It's a subpar university, and they didn't teach geography. He was in Kansas to talk about a candidate in Michigan. Seems a little bit confused, but that's JD Vance.

Ask yourself why JD Vance doesn't want to talk about gas prices, doesn't want to talk about the cost of groceries, doesn't want to talk about this ridiculous trade war with Canada that's charging us Michiganders $5600 a year, doesn't want to talk about the Iran war that his idiot boss doesn't seem to be able to get us out of.
Ask yourself why he doesn't want to talk about any of the issues that Michiganders, that Americans, are worried about. Why he wants to be talking about Sharia law?

He wants to do that because he is desperate to change the subject.

At the open of the show, they talked about how they want another chance. Another chance to do what? You want to expand the trade war with Canada? You want to expand the hot war with Iran? You want to continue to pass policies to DOGE out parts of the FDA that are supposed to keep us from having to dodge lettuce in the United States of America? Another chance.

So look, at the end of the day for them, every day they're not having to talk about the issues that really matter is a day where they think they're winning. At the end of the day, what we're seeing in poll after poll is that they're losing anyway because JD Vance comes out and he says the quiet part out loud, right? He's telling his Republican colleagues, oh, you should go talk about that candidate in Michigan, except for only one of them is running against the candidate in Michigan.

So yeah, go ahead and talk about the candidate in Michigan and see how that helps you, because at the end of the day, me, my name, my faith, they're not raising the price of your gas. They're not raising the price of your groceries. They're not the reason that you can't afford a new home. They're not the reason you can't see a doctor in the United States.

That's Donald Trump. That's JD Vance. That's people like Mike Rogers. And every day we remind them is a day that we are winning these races.

So go ahead, JD. Keep doing it.

I can't wait to see El-Sayed in the US Senate. He's going to give conniption fits to the Trump crime syndicate daily. He'll be one of their biggest nightmares, right after Senate Majority Leader Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Wouldn't that be fun to see?

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