El-Sayed: We’ve Had Enough Of “Peter Thiel’s Boy” J.D. Vance, Always Been In It For Himself Rather Than For The Public
In an interview on MS NOW on Wednesday, Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed responded to attacks from Vice President J.D. Vance.
JACOB SOBOROFF, MS NOW HOST: I’ve got a lot of makeup on. I’ve got a tired face, but I cannot imagine how — how tired you are. I was at your victory party last night and the vibes were real. There are other people who are watching this very, very closely, including the vice president of the United States who was just asked on Fox News about your victory. Let me show you a little bit of what he had to say. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) J.D. VANCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The base of the Democratic Party just wants radicals. It wants these DSA types. It wants people who hate even the idea of private property ownership. But it also I think tells us that — that that particular set of ideas is very popular in places you wouldn’t expect. Because El-Sayed, he’s this guy who holds himself out as a working class hero, as a guy who’s going to fight for the working class. How does he fight for the working class? By flooding his state and his country with low-wage immigrants. (END VIDEO CLIP) SOBOROFF: In case you missed any of that, he said that the Democratic Party wants people who hate the idea of even private property ownership. It’s very popular in places you wouldn’t expect. Speaking of Michigan, he said, you hold yourself out as a working class hero who’s going to fight for the working class by flooding your state with low-wage immigrants. What’s your response? ABDUL EL-SAYED (D-MI), CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE: Is that Peter Thiel’s boy with that Ohio charisma he’s got? That guy. I — you know, I think we’ve had enough of him. The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy, after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything, that was the last time he made sense. And then he decided to suck up to power. But that’s exactly what this is about. You’ve got Republicans who’ll do anything for power and money, including corrupt their office, just like Mike Rogers has. For the 14 years he was serving in Congress, he took over $ 1 million from the pharmaceutical industry. He voted 19 times to raise prescription drug prices. And then he helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic, killing nearly 600,000 people. Why? For money and power. But that’s what that party is about. And we’re trying to get money out of politics, to put money in your pocket, pass Medicare for all, which, of course, are things that people like Ohio J.D. Vance and — and Mike Rogers have no clue about because they’ve always been in it for — in it for themselves rather than for the public.
