El-Sayed set to apologise for lamenting terrorist's family as Jewish AG prepares to boycott Michigan Democratic convention over synagogue attack fallout
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is expected to formally apologise to Jewish Democrats for inserting a dig at Israel into his remarks following a synagogue attack — the latest flare-up in a deepening antisemitism crisis set to tear further at Michigan's Democratic Party. Jewish Attorney General Dana Nessel is preparing to skip the state nominating convention, citing fears of being booed, harassed and driven out by delegates hostile to her pro-Israel views. The expected apology and planned boycott follow El-Sayed's narrow victory in the Democratic Senate primary over Rep. Haley Stevens, a race haunted by his characterisation of Israeli military actions as 'genocide'. RNC chairman Joe Gruters is scheduled to address the Republican Jewish Coalition on Monday, where he is expected to warn that a Democratic congressional majority would empower antisemites and constitute a 'direct threat to the Jewish community'.
Nessel has said: 'I don't feel safe going — I don't want to get chased around, yelled at, or booed off the stage.'
A Dearborn pastor has warned El-Sayed's Senate ambitions could lead to Sharia law influencing federal judicial appointments.
El-Sayed is expected to face repeated questions at the convention about his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker, whom he has called 'a streamer from California.'