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Jewish Dems ‘disappointed’ in Michigan Senate results, stop short of endorsing El-Sayed 70%
By Marc Rod83%
8/5/2026, 9:25:29 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 30 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 40.4% saturation with 374 hits. Analysis detected 2,064 faulty-reasoning hits from 925 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 54.6% and a BS Rank of 70% (9,062 of 29,705 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.50% of the article peer group.
Jewish groups expressed concern on Wednesday about the victory of Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary for U.S.
Senate in Michigan, highlighting his extreme rhetoric on Israel and the broader rise of the far left.
Jewish Democratic Council of America CEO Halie Soifer said in a statement that the group was “disappointed” by the results of the primary, where the group had endorsed and campaigned strongly for Rep.
Haley Stevens (D-MI).
She congratulated but stopped short of endorsing El-Sayed.
“While we are disappointed in the final result of the Michigan Senate race, the razor-thin margin isn’t the resounding win for the far-left that was predicted,” Soifer said.
“We are proud of the race run by Rep.
Haley Stevens, and we thank her for her consistent and principled leadership standing with Jewish Americans.
We congratulate Dr.
Abdul El-Sayed on his victory after a difficult and divisive primary.”
Soifer also highlighted that “mainstream Democrats, including many of the candidates JDCA has endorsed, remain the key to winning back control of Congress” and emphasized that Rep.
Wesley Bell (D-MO) and Michigan state Sen.
Jeremy Moss “overwhelmingly defeated challengers on the far-left.”
AIPAC, while declining to preview specific plans, indicated it intends to stay engaged in the Michigan race through November.
“Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr.
El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November,” spokesperson Deryn Sousa told Jewish Insider.
In a letter to members, AIPAC President Bernie Kaminetsky said that the group will continue to “stand up for what is right, ensure pro-Israel voices are loudly heard in Congress, and fight even harder to ensure the U.S.-Israel alliance grows stronger.”
“In Abdul El-Sayed, a fiercely anti-Israel candidate has emerged as the Democratic nominee.
His statements about Israel, AIPAC, and the Jewish community are outrageous and offensive, and his ascent is part of a much larger, profoundly worrying trend we are closely tracking,” Kaminetsky added, praising Stevens and her support for Israel.
“This narrow loss stings, but [Stevens’] defeat doesn’t change our principled opposition to the dangerous policies El-Sayed wants to bring to the U.S.
Senate.”
Tacitly acknowledging setbacks across the political map, Kaminetsky emphasized, “Our conviction will not be measured in a single race or a single cycle.
This is a generational fight, and we remain undeterred in our mission.
Our political fight is not just about strengthening America’s partnership with Israel.
It is also about the future of America and our individual rights to engage in our democracy.”
In a rare statement on campaign politics, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt also highlighted the group’s concerns about El-Sayed’s rhetoric.
“Throughout the campaign, ADL has called out nominee Abdul El-Sayed for peddling in antisemitic tropes … or for campaigning with notorious bigot Hasan Piker,” Greenblatt said in a video statement.
“Campaign trail rhetoric and actions send clear signals about what a person believes and what a political party thinks is permissible.”
“We are not going to stop, and we will keep calling on political leaders and candidates from both parties to reject antisemitism and to commit to combating it whenever and wherever it occurs,” Greenblatt continued.
ADL Michigan regional director Elyssa Schmier said in her own statement that “Jews across Michigan and the country are alarmed by the rhetoric that defined this race and its implications for the future of political norms in our country.”
Calling out a series of specific comments by El-Sayed, without naming him directly, Schmier said that “anyone seeking public office should know better than to normalize antisemitic tropes” and that “we are calling on political leaders to reject antisemitism outright and demand better.”
The American Jewish Committee, which also rarely comments on electoral politics, likewise issued a statement strongly condemning El-Sayed.
The group called his victory “a deeply troubling reflection of the growing mainstreaming of divisive rhetoric and exclusionary politics in America.
At the same time, Congresswoman Stevens’ strong showing demonstrates that there is still a place and support for nuanced, moderate voices,” it continued.
“We are concerned by El-Sayed’s framing of American politics as a zero-sum game that too often casts those who disagree as the enemy,” the statement continued, accusing him of “delegitimiz[ing]” those who disagree with him, an “approach [that] is fundamentally at odds with the principles of civility, pluralism, and robust democratic debate that are central to our democracy.”
The group also condemned El-Sayed’s past comments on Israel and its supporters and said that “most Americans agree that political rhetoric of this nature has gone too far,” calling for voters“to reject extremist rhetoric from all candidates —no matter their party — that perpetuate this divisive approach.”
The group said it would continue efforts to engage leaders around the country “who seek to reclaim American politics from the extremes.”
In a separate statement, AJC CEO Ted Deutch said that he saw during his time as a member of Congress “that when leaders treat those who disagree with them as enemies, the communities they represent feel the consequences” and emphasized “AJC’s work to reject extremist politics.”
Democratic Majority for Israel also criticized El-Sayed after his primary win for calling Israel “bloodthirsty” in a Wednesday morning interview .
“El-Sayed should be working to build a bigger tent and earn the trust of Jewish Michiganders.
Instead, this morning he described the government of the world’s only Jewish state as ‘bloodthirsty’ — an age-old antisemitic trope that is especially dangerous amid rising violence against Jews,” the group said.
“His language is inflammatory.
He should retract it and apologize.”
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