Beverly Vance Aikins, mother of Vice President JD Vance, said she would "probably punch" Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in response to repeated attacks on her son's family.
Aikins made the comment during an interview with Fox News host Tomi Lahren on Outkick. When asked about El-Sayed's remarks, she said, "I'd probably punch the guy if I ever seen him and then that would get me in trouble. So, I'll just go with the flow."
Aikins described feeling "mad, honestly" about El-Sayed's attacks. She said El-Sayed "doesn't know JD and he doesn't know what type of person he is." She attributed the remarks to jealousy.
"JD is 42 years old. He's handsome. He's the Vice President of the United States," Aikins said. "He's got a beautiful wife, four beautiful children and jealousy is the only thing I can think of."
El-Sayed, a Michigan socialist running for Senate, made the controversial comments during an April appearance on "The Allen Analysis Show." He suggested that Vice President Vance's political views contradicted his children's biracial background.
"JD Vance has brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else," El-Sayed said. "Bro it must break you every time you hug your own kids." He also expressed hope that Vance's children would grow up to "undo" their father's politics and appeared to urge Second Lady Usha Vance to leave her husband, saying, "Usha get out.you've still got time."
The remarks resurfaced recently after Vice President Vance criticized El-Sayed during an Ohio rally for his stated adherence to Sharia law. Vance suggested the practice would be "completely alien" to his grandfather and said, "That's not my grandpa's Democratic Party."
Aikins said El-Sayed "can take all the shots he wants" but his comments would "get no merit from any of us."
