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El-Sayed jabs Vance with reminder their wives are both Indian American

Sarah Jukaku, who is Muslim, and Usha Vance, who is Hindu, are both daughters of Indian immigrants.

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Nov 13, 2026
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The first Muslim to win a U.S. Senate seat has cited his Indian American wife to renew a monthslong feud with Vice President JD Vance over who counts as American.

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In a new ABC interview, Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian American Democrat, said Vance’s family shows he knows America h…

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