AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats but refuses to cut ties with Hasan Piker
Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed offered an apology to Jewish voters for his comments after a synagogue attack, but repeatedly refused to distance himself from a left-wing streamer whose rhetoric has drawn bipartisan condemnation. El-Sayed appeared Saturday before the Michigan Democrats' Jewish Caucus at the party's convention in Lansing, where he told members he […] The post El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats but refuses to cut ties with Hasan Piker appeared first on American Almanac .
Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed offered an apology to Jewish voters for his comments after a synagogue attack, but repeatedly refused to distance himself from a left-wing streamer whose rhetoric has drawn bipartisan condemnation. El-Sayed appeared Saturday before the Michigan Democrats' Jewish Caucus at the party's convention in Lansing, where he told members he was sorry for remarks he made following a March attack on a suburban Detroit synagogue. A Lebanese-born man crashed into the synagogue in what federal investigators described as a Hezbollah-inspired plot to kill as many Jewish people as possible. El-Sayed's initial response, "Hurt people, hurt people", drew swift backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike,…Open