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Abdul El-Sayed declares victory in Michigan's US Senate race and mocks JD Vance and Donald Trump

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Now playing on All Clips Abdul El-Sayed declares victory in Michigan's US Senate race and mocks JD Vance and Donald Trump Abdul El-Sayed Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

At an election night rally in Detroit, Abdul El-Sayed tells "Mike" to enjoy his retirement and says "Michigan chose hope." He then turns to "JD," calling it a "delicious irony" that Vance is "constitutionally obligated" in January, and ends with "Wolverine 1, Buckeyes 0, Donald."

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Who
Abdul El-Sayed
Where
rally - election night, Detroit, Michigan
Original footage
DRM News · watch the full video from this moment
Length
60 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Mike enjoy your retirement I know you got a house in Florida in two yards see you chose hey and Michigan chose hope may we never have to see the likes of you in this state again JD Habibi there is this delicious irony in the fact that you're constitutionally obligated to me in in January. So you know what that means? Wolverine 1, Buck Eyes 0, Donald.

Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.

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