JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li>1</li>
<li id="test">2</li>
<li>3</li>
<li>4</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
const test = $('#test');
const els = $('li');
$(els).each(el => {
console.log($(el)[0] == $(test)[0]);
});