‘Keep my wife’s name outta your mouth’: Vance channels Will Smith to slam El-Sayed over Usha jab

STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN: Michigan rallygoers got flashbacks of the infamous 2022 Oscars as JD Vance channeled his inner Will Smith to deliver a blunt warning about his wife to Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

The 42-year-old Vice President was campaigning in Michigan for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers when he seized the moment to take aim at the aspiring liberal lawmaker amid their fierce war of words.

JD Vance tells Abdul El-Sayed to keep Usha Vance out of the feud

After touching on everything from immigration and the Iran war to Donald Trump, Vance eventually turned his attention to El-Sayed, accusing the Democratic nominee of having a "weird habit" of dragging his family into the political fight.

'Whatever you want to talk about, Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth,' Vance told the crowd, before adding, “She's way out of your league.”

The remark drew a loud roar from the pro-MAGA crowd.

The exchange echoed the infamous 2022 Oscars incident, when Will Smith stormed the stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a G.I. Jane joke about his wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith.

The stern warning came after Vance criticized El-Sayed over his past comments concerning Sharia law and invoked his late grandfather, whom he calls 'Papaw.'

Vance argued that his grandfather, a union worker and longtime Democrat, would have considered El-Sayed's positions far removed from the Democratic Party he once supported.

In his response, El-Sayed made a pointed reference to Second Lady Usha Vance, saying “So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no…”

The comment was interpreted as suggesting that Vance's grandfather might not have accepted Usha because of her Indian heritage.

El-Sayed later elaborated on his argument, accusing Vance of suggesting that some Americans were “more American than others” simply because their families had lived in the country longer.

Usha Vance responds to Abdul El-Sayed's remark

Before Vance's furious warning, Usha responded to El-Sayed's jab with considerably less fury than her husband.

She told Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy that she initially “kind of laughed” at the remark, adding that Vance's family had always welcomed and embraced her.

She said she had never met JD's grandparents but knew and loved the children they raised, describing his aunt as “like a second mother” to her. She added that she would have “really, really, really loved” the chance to meet Vance's grandparents.

“I don't know who his wife is. I'm sure she's a lovely person,” Vance said during the rally, arguing that he would not travel to Michigan and disrespect an opponent's family.

He also accused El-Sayed of displaying what he called a deeply troubling attitude toward the United States.

“There's something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil,” Vance told the crowd.

Vance went on to attack El-Sayed over his handling of the deadly attack on a Michigan synagogue, accusing him of showing empathy toward the attacker rather than the children who were potential victims.