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.” El-Sayed’s apology was his latest attempt to unify Democrats after a bitter primary where he defeated US House member Haley Stevens. He is eager to push past a series of controversies involving allegations of antisemitism, including his association with the controversial commentator Hasan Piker. He faces the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers, in a race that will help determine control of the Senate after the midterms in November. In March, a man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb, ramming his car into the building and opening fire on a security g