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El-Sayed jabs Vance over swearing-in duty

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Abdul El-Sayed did say in his victory speech that JD Vance is “constitutionally obligated” to swear him in in January. The two have traded personal attacks for months.

Javits Frimpong, 15, was fatally shot on his way to school in the Bronx. His mother, Doris Adu Gyamfi, left Ghana for the U.S. after President Trump granted an emergency visa.

Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan U.S. Senate race, and supporters celebrated. He is set to become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Abdul El-Sayed did say in his victory speech that JD Vance is “constitutionally obligated” to swear him in in January. The two have traded personal attacks for months.

In his victory speech, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed addressed Vice President JD Vance, saying, “There is this delicious irony in the fact that you're constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January.” For months, Vance and El-Sayed have traded barbs on the campaign trail. https://

Original post · The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)

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Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan U.S. Senate race, and supporters celebrated. He is set to become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate.

Democratic voters celebrate El-Sayed’s Michigan win in election ‘blue wave’ - Democratic voters danced as they celebrated Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan.

Original post · Al Jazeera

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BAlright. On a very different note—because the world does keep turning—here's a story about a mother and a funeral. Reuters reports that the mother of that 15-year-old Ghanaian boy shot and killed in the Bronx is finally on her way to New York.
BThis is Javits Frimpong's mother? The kid who was shot on his way to school last month. The family was stuck waiting on a visa.
BRight. Doris Adu Gyamfi had been denied, delayed, stuck in immigration limbo. Then President Trump personally intervened and granted an emergency visa. She's flying in for the funeral.
BI didn't have that on my bingo card. A president who's spent years demonizing immigrants just fast-tracked one for a funeral. What's the angle?
BThere's no angle. A kid died, a mother is grieving, and the president made a phone call. That's what leadership looks like.
BThat's what a PR move looks like. The same week his own party is bleeding over immigration enforcement, suddenly he's compassionate. Forgive me if I don't see a pattern.
BSo if he doesn't help, he's heartless. If he does, it's a stunt. What exactly is he supposed to do to satisfy you?
BHe could start by not making the other ten thousand families wait in the same line. One visa doesn't fix a system that's built to say no. But fine—for this mother, today, it's a mercy. I'll give him that.
BThat's the whole point. Sometimes a thing is just a thing. A boy is dead, his mother is coming home, and the president did the decent thing. Not everything has to be a battle.
BIt's a battle for the families who don't have a president on speed dial. But I'm glad she's coming. That's a mother who deserves to bury her son.
BYeah. Alright, that's where we are this hour. More world news after the break.

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