Latest / Fresh Intelligence / JD, Habibi': Abdul El-Sayed Takes Aim at JD Vance and Prez Trump With Viral Victory Speech Remark After Senate Win
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- 0:00[SPEAKER_00]: Democrat Abdul-El-Sayed had appointed message for Vice President JD Vance, after defeating Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's U.S. Senate race.
- 0:11[SPEAKER_00]: During his victory speech in Detroit on November 4, Abdul-Jokingly addressed Vance as JD Habibi.
- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: He highlighted the irony of Vance, having to swear him into office in January.
- 0:24[SPEAKER_00]: El-Sayed also took aim at Donald Trump, who repeatedly criticized his candidacy during
- 0:31[SPEAKER_00]: His victory makes him the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, marking a historic milestone.
- 0:38[SPEAKER_00]: El-Sai had pointed out the delicious irony of Vance's duty to administer his Senate oath.
- 0:44[SPEAKER_00]: He followed this joke with a reference to the rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State.
- 0:50[SPEAKER_00]: El-Sai had then addressed Trump directly, joking about the president's struggle to pronounce his name.
- 0:56[SPEAKER_00]: He stated, so after J.D.
- 0:58[SPEAKER_00]: swears me in January, you could just go on and call me Senator.
- 1:03[SPEAKER_00]: Elside emphasized the need for religious inclusion, saying, they want an America that is too small for some of us.
- 1:10[SPEAKER_00]: Finally, he told Rogers, you chose hate and Michigan chose hope after criticizing Rogers' campaign.