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Mike Rogers courts Jewish Democrats over El-Sayed's Israel stance

El-Sayed’s statements on Israel and antisemitism have become a point of contention in the Senate campaign.

Mike Rogers courts Jewish Democrats over El-Sayed's Israel stance
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Mike Rogers is courting Jewish Democrats who are uneasy with Abdul El-Sayed’s criticism of Israel, while El-Sayed and his supporters reject claims that his views are antisemitic. The dispute is a campaign issue in Michigan’s close Senate race.

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Michigan Senate candidate whose statements on Israel are a focus of Rogers’s appeal to Democratic voters

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Michigan Senate candidate seeking Democratic and Jewish voters' support

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Representative who lost the Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose agenda is mentioned by El-Sayed’s campaign director

Gary C. Peters
D · MI · SEN

Senator whose seat Rogers and El-Sayed are contesting

ALSO MENTIONED  Hasan Piker, Online streamer who endorsed El-Sayed and appeared at campaign events; Joan Lowenstein, Endorsement chair of the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus; Michael Schostak, Bloomfield Township treasurer and candidate for University of Michigan Regent

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