Michigan Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Apologizes for Synagogue Remarks
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed has issued an apology for past comments he made regarding a 2018 attack on a Michigan synagogue. The remarks have drawn criticism from Jewish community leaders and opponents in the closely watched state election.
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Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for comment about Michigan synagogue attack
Democratic Senate nominee is eager to push past series of controversies involving allegations of antisemitism Michigan’s Democratic US senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed apologized to the state’s Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel’s actions in the Middle East. “My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at a par...
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On Saturday, El-Sayed insisted that his push for “context” to the attack was broadly appropriate, but not at that moment, explaining that such “conversations” could happen "in the fullness of time."
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