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Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized to the state\u0027s Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel\u0027s actions in the Middle East. "My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify," El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at the Michigan Democratic Nominating Convention in Lansing, Michigan. "To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I\u0027m really sorry. That was not my intention."El-Sayed\u0027s apology was his latest attempt to unify Democrats after a bitter primary where he defeated U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens. He\u0027s eager to push past a series of controversies involving allegations of antisemitism, including his association with controversial commentator Hasan Piker. He faces Republican nominee Mike Rogers in a race that will help determine control of the Senate.In March, a man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb, ramming his car into the building and opening fire on a security guard before dying by suicide. The man, Ayman Mohammad Ghazali, had lost four relatives in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week prior.In a video response at the time, El-Sayed condemned the attack and added that "hurt people hurt people," a reference to what happened to Ghazali\u0027s family. Critics accused El-Sayed of justifying Ghazali\u0027s actions."What I was trying to do was offer context for why it happened, but it wasn\u0027t the time for context," El-Sayed said on Saturday, "and you don\u0027t ever want to trample somebody\u0027s pain."
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