Posted on 10/08/2025 11:03:19 AM PDT by DFG
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called a fundraising email that went out on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel a mistake in a statement provided first to POLITICO.
“That email mistakenly went out yesterday. Abdul has been clear and consistent: he holds equally valuable the lives of all innocent people and condemns violence against them,” said spokesperson Roxie Richner.
The fundraising email from El-Sayed’s campaign started by marking that “Two years ago this month, Netanyahu’s military launched a ground invasion of Gaza. Since then, the world has watched tragedy unfold in real time.”
It drew condemnation from many on the right and some Democrats, who criticized it for omitting any mention of Hamas’ attack on Israel at the outset of the war. El-Sayed put out a separate statement on the two-year anniversary of the conflict Tuesday condemning Hamas’ “heinous attack on Oct. 7" and also condemning Israel’s “horrific genocide on Gaza.”
The Israel-Hamas war could become a major flashpoint in the Michigan Senate race, with Democrats believing the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee could intervene in the contest. The group’s political arm has previously backed Rep. Haley Stevens, who’s also vying for the Senate nomination, during her time in Congress.
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, the third major candidate in the race, recently staked out a new stance on the conflict and said she believed Israel’s war in Gaza was a genocide.
El-Sayed had been a backer of Michigan’s “uncommitted” movement during the 2024 election, though he’d said he would still support Democrats over Donald Trump. He ultimately endorsed Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.
In first?
My bad.
Let’s not get all hung up on who killed who first.
Is there no one else in Michigan who can run except El-Sade? Bonus points available for that one.
It wasn’t a mistake. They meant it.
Same with Mamdani, did you all read his lil statement yesterday, he called Oct 7th “That day” and went on his lil Jew hater rant..he knows that the people voting for him could care less if Israel were wiped off the face of the earth today so thats why he felt comfortable in saying that. Its a shame, that the same city that watched terrorists fly buildings into the World Trade Center killing thousands of people, are now going to vote for someone who would have gladly been one of the pilots
BS. Democrats don’t make *mistakes* like that.
Sad but true.
Correct.
The koean demands all muslims kill Jews. You can’t negotiate with that. It can only be destroyed.
Reminds me of Ilhan Omar saying on 9-11 "some people did something".
and he felt comfortable saying that because he knows that no one that is voting for him could give a rats ass about Israel or Jews..God forbid there was any sort of mass shooting at a Synagogue in NYC during Mamdani’s reign, what would he say, would he say nothing, celebrate it..what?
And most of the Jews in NYC will vote for him anyway.
Sure, Roxie. You just keep believing that up until the day he chops your unbelieving head off.
“...and jews are never innocent and must be killed”.
Tomorrow’s clarification.
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