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He needs his rest.\" This followed Trump criticising El-Sayed at a rally."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the nature of El-Sayed's remarks"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Gateway Pundit reported that El-Sayed's post about Usha Vance \"appears to suggest that Vice President JD Vance’s family would not welcome Usha because of her Indian ethnicity.\" Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion stated that El-Sayed said, \"JD Vance has Brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else… Usha, like, get out. Okay? 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