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 party convention in Lansing.

“To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I’m really sorry.

That was not my intention.” Continue reading...