Global Politics Report Editorial
El-Sayed challenges Vance to weightlifting competition: ‘You talk a good game’
Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) responded Friday to Vice President Vance’s disses on his appearance, saying he’d challenge President Trump’s second-in-command to a weightlifting competition to prove whether he’s “as strong as he likes to pretend he is.” TMZ DC asked El-Sayed about a TikTok post earlier this week where Vance joked about the…
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Source: The Hill
Politics desk: Congress
Published: Sep. 18, 2026 at 05:25 PM ET
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Original source: The Hill