El-Sayed defeats Rogers, taunts Trump and Vance

Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race and used his victory speech to criticize President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, while highlighting his expected swearing-in in January. El-Sayed addressed Vance directly, saying the vice president would be constitutionally obligated to swear him into office. He then turned to Trump, who had repeatedly mocked his name during the campaign, and said that after the swearing-in the president could call him senator. The remarks came after a campaign marked by personal attacks and disputes over El-Sayed’s faith and political positions. In his speech, he said parents could tell their children that those who mocked someone for their name or how they pray had lost. He also told Rogers to enjoy retirement. El-Sayed argued that voters’ concerns included the cost of gas and groceries, and said public money should go toward domestic needs such as schools, health care and infrastructure. He criticized U.S. spending on what he described as apartheid, genocide or war. Those were his characterizations and policy arguments. He also referred to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, saying it had spent...