My name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.

My name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. And I am so proud and honoured to stand here as your senator-elect from the great state of Michigan. Up until right about now you might have noticed I always say ‘inshaallah’ or ‘God willing’ whenever the outcome of this race was mentioned. But today, tonight we can turn that ‘inshaallah’ into a ‘alhamdulillah’. I want to say something here. See, they try to call you hateful if you believe that Palestinian kids should get to grow up in the land of their forefathers without being murdered by our tax dollars. If you believe in equal rights for peace, dignity and self-determination, that’s not hate, it’s love. Michiganders, we want our taxes spent here. To all the parents who struggle to explain why the president openly mocks someone for their name or how they pray, let them know tomorrow that the bad guys lost. JD [vance]. Habibi. There is this delicious irony in the fact that you’re constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January.