The Washington Post explains the Arabic term of endearment "habibi" — beloved, essentially "my dear" — after Abdul El-Sayed's victory quip to Vice President JD Vance, "JD, habibi, swear me in," spurred a spike in searches. During a campaign marked by Islamophobic attacks, El-Sayed also joked that Trump could simply call him Senator, and told supporters "the bad guys lost."