Abdul al-Sayed made his first public appearance after his historic election as the first Muslim US senator. In his victory speech, he criticized AIPAC for spending $42 million against his campaign, defended the right of Palestinian children to live safely in their homeland and called for American taxpayers' money to fund health care and education instead of Israel's civil war in Gaza.

Abdul al-Sayed made his first public appearance after his historic election as the first Muslim US senator. In his victory speech, he criticized AIPAC for spending $42 million against his campaign, defended the right of Palestinian children to live safely in their homeland and called for American taxpayers' money to fund health care and education instead of Israel's civil war in Gaza.