Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed’s Oct. 7 fundraising email ignores Hamas attack, blames Israel
Marc Rod
Jewish Insider
October 8, 2025
On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, sent out a fundraising email to supporters which criticized Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza while entirely ignoring the Hamas attack that precipitated it.
“Two years ago this month, Netanyahu’s military launched a ground invasion of Gaza,” the email begins. It does not mention Hamas, the Oct. 7 attacks or the ongoing hostage situation in any capacity, despite the date on which it was sent and the fact that the Israeli invasion of Gaza took place weeks after Oct. 7.
The email goes on to blame pro-Israel financial support to politicians for the continuation of the war.
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responded to the news by saying, “Abdul El-Sayed doesn’t just oppose Chuck Schumer as Senate Democrats’ leader, he opposes Schumer’s right to exist,” presumably referring to the fact that Schumer is Jewish.
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