Coverage dated October 15, 2026

'It's Actually Making It Worse': Jewish Dem Whose Son Attends Temple Israel Pans El-Sayed's Defense of 'Hurt People Hurt People' Remark

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Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defended his infamous statement that "hurt people hurt people," in which he justified the terrorist attack at a Michigan synagogue, telling NBC News that he was trying to help people "understand" the "cycle of violence.

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    Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defended his infamous statement that "hurt people hurt people," in which he justified the terrorist attack at a Michigan synagogue, telling NBC News that he was trying to help people "understand" the "cycle of violence.

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