Usha Vance fires back at El-Sayed
Second lady Usha Vance responds to recent comments by Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in a preview of her interview on ‘Fox & Friends.’
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The Abdul-El Sayed campaign on Thursday launched an attack aimed at White House aide Natalie Harp just a week after attacking second lady Usha Vance in a similarly vicious manner.
After President Donald Trump’s edict renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America during a heated trade battle with Canada the EL- Sayed campaign waited into the fray on X.
“If we’re just renaming everything now… When are we making this official?” the campaign said in their post, adding a doctored image of the official White House webpage for First Lady Melania Trump, crossing out her name and replacing it with Harp’s.
The post was quickly criticized by conservatives on social media.
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing criticism after his campaign posted a meme insinuating an improper relationship between President Trump and his assistant Natalie Harp. (Getty Images)
“This is just such a weak, phoned-in effort,” GOP communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X. “My four year-old could come up with better burns than this.”
Whitlock added, “Weird how much time this campaign spends talking about other people‘s wives. When Abdul’s not talking about (and clearly thinking a lot about) the vice president and his wife, apparently he’s thinking about President Trump and his wife?”
“That boy Abdul is drowning, and his team keeps throwing him bricks,” journalist James David Dickson posted on X.
“So this is just gross, right?” Conservative advocacy group Michigan Forward posted on X.
SECOND LADY USHA VANCE FIRES BACK AT POINTED JAB FROM DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINEE ABDUL EL-SAYED
Executive Assistant to the President Natalie Harp and White House Director of Oval Office Operations Walt Nauta look on during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)
“A lil more sexism and misogyny from the Left,” political commentator Melik Abdul posted on X. “This time, it’s from the Guy who plays foootsie with Hasan Piker.”
Harp is a longtime Trump supporter, who credited his first-term “right to try” order for saving her life after a serious battle with bone cancer. She then joined the second Trump administration as an aide to the president.
In recent weeks, Harp has become the subject of intense media scrutiny and online speculation about the nature of her relationship with Trump.
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In a post over the weekend, responding to Vice President JD Vance’s comments that his grandfather, whom he called Pawpaw, would be shocked to know that El-Sayed is a serious US Senate contender, the socialist-aligned candidate from Michigan responded by invoking Second Lady Usha Vance, who is of Indian descent.
“So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no…,” El-Sayed wrote on X.
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed poses for a portrait in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed’s campaign.
