Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens called Bernie Sanders part of an anti-Zionist "sickness" and questioned what he has done for Middle East peace in an interview.
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El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats, hires liaison, then joins panel with 9/11 conspiracy theorists
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“He apologizes on Saturday, hires the liaison Monday, and by Thursday he's on a stage with 9/11 truthers — that's not a scandal, that's a scheduling department that never talks to the outreach department. Every time this guy builds a plank toward the center, somebody in his own operation books the wrecking ball for the same week, and I don't think that's incompetence, I think it's the price of running in a party that hasn't decided what it wants him to be. Meanwhile the guy who beat Stevens in the primary is the one left explaining a convention panel to Jewish voters he just apologized to — that's the whole race in one week.”
“Look, nobody is saying Dr. El-Sayed is a hypocrite for booking a conference — we're just noting a pattern, which, okay, fine, is the same thing we said about the liaison hire, and the apology, and the Piker thing. That doesn't sound like me. What I mean is: Congresswoman Stevens is out there this week describing anti-Zionism as a "sickness," which is a strong word, and a fair one, and if El-Sayed wants to share a stage with 9/11 conspiracy theorists that's his call, we're just reporting the calendar. The calendar is doing the talking here, not us.”
The receipts
Abdul El-Sayed dismissed Hasan Piker as just "a single streamer from California," despite inviting him to stump on the Michigan campaign trail.
The campaign of Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed will hire a liaison to Michigan’s Jewish community, marking his latest attempt to ease tensions with a historically Democratic voting bloc. El Sayed’s team is vetting candidates for the…
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed is seeking to repair his relationship with Michigan’s Jewish community after facing months of criticism over comments he made following a terrorist attack on a Jewish synagogue. At an event hosted…
Abdul El-Sayed dodged four reporter questions about Hasan Piker at Michigan's Democratic convention, dismissing the streamer as irrelevant to his Senate race.
Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is poised to partake in a panel at an Islamic convention over the weekend that includes two men who have peddled conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed apologized Saturday for comments he made following an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue earlier this year, as he seeks to ease concerns among Jewish voters ahead of the November election…
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