Democratic U.S. Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan says he is going to be sworn into office with a Qur’an.
El-Sayed will become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate after beating Mike Rogers in the midterm elections.
‘It really doesn’t matter what your name is, doesn’t matter how you pray. Like, America is big enough.’
El-Sayed also mocked Vice President JD Vance while pointing out the “delicious irony” that Vance is “constitutionally obligated” to swear him in as senator.
“I will likely swear in on the Qur’an,” said El-Sayed in an interview with NPR host Leila Fadel that published Thursday.
“Which Qur’an, we’re not sure. I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Qur’an. So when Keith Ellison was sworn in to Congress, he swore in
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