VP Vance blames El-Sayed primary win on self-hating liberals

Vice President JD Vance attributed Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's primary victory to "self-hating white liberals" in a televised interview Wednesday, sparking a sharp rebuke from the candidate and highlighting the deepening partisan divisions ahead of the November election. El-Sayed, a former public health official, defeated centrist U.S. Representative Haley Stevens in the state's Democratic primary on August 4.

In an interview on Fox News, Vance dismissed El-Sayed as representing a coalition of "self-hating white liberals" and new immigrants who lack appreciation for the country. He argued the candidate, whom he labeled "one of these DSA types," does not have the support of the working-class constituency he claims to represent, despite the Democratic Socialists of America not having endorsed him. Vance further suggested that El-Sayed's support comes from "downwardly mobile, hyper-progressive, well-educated people" who were sold a false promise by elite universities, leaving them with debt and anger.

The vice president's comments followed a separate attack from former President Donald Trump, who spoke at an event in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Trump called...