El-Sayed: Vance wants to distance himself from Iran war Abdurrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, an Egyptian-Muslim senator from Michigan, said that J. Dee Vance is trying to distance himself from the "devastating, destructive war in Iran." "This should have been done eight months ago," Levance said. You should have protested, but you never will; Because you are a coward by nature and you accept everything Donald Trump says, accept it."