Vance wants to distance himself from Iran war Abdurrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, Michigan's senator-elect, said: J. Dee Vance tries to distance himself from the "catastrophic and destructive war in Iran". He told Lownes: This work should have been done eight months ago. You should have protested, but you never will; Because you are a coward by nature and have accepted everything Donald Trump says, accept it.