# Recording: Vance urged House Republicans to make Michigan Senate nominee a ‘boogeyman’

https://mins.news/en/item/60314

- CNN, 2026-09-16 03:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/politics/vance-house-republicans-el-sayed-message?Date=20260916&Profile=CNN

> A recording obtained by CNN shows Vice President JD Vance urging House Republicans at a closed-door meeting Tuesday to portray Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as a “boogeyman” if their own opponents are not “that crazy.”

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