Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee, apologized on August 29, 2026, at a meeting with the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus in Lansing for his response to the March 12 attack in which an armed attacker drove into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township. The discussion has moved from the apology to whether the attacks on him work: Trump endorsed Mike Rogers and called El-Sayed a jihadist and a terrorist sympathizer, a super PAC ad alleges extremist funding, and Rogers endorsed a post calling him a terrorist. Rabbi Aaron Starr says the apology addressed timing more than content, and his half-sister says the FBI raided their mother's home. Obama campaigned with him in Detroit on October 24 and said the birther…