Abdul El-Sayed Draws Fire Over Natalie Harp Meme After Usha Vance Jab 1 Week Earlier
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Abdul El-Sayed Draws Fire Over Natalie Harp Meme After Usha Vance Jab 1 Week Earlier
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Summary
Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate campaign was criticized after posting an X meme that replaced Melania Trump’s name with Natalie Harp’s, implying an improper relationship between President Donald Trump and his aide.
The post followed Trump’s order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and came 1 week after El-Sayed mocked second lady Usha Vance by invoking her Indian heritage in a reply to JD Vance.
Conservative figures and groups quickly condemned the Harp meme as sexist and misogynistic, with GOP communicator Matt Whitlock and Michigan Forward among those attacking the campaign online.
Harp, a longtime Trump supporter who joined his administration after surviving bone cancer, has recently faced intense media scrutiny and online speculation about her relationship with Trump.
The backlash adds to pressure on the Democratic Michigan Senate nominee as his campaign’s attacks on political spouses and aides become a fresh line of criticism.