On Saturday, El-Sayed insisted that his push for “context” to the attack was broadly appropriate, but not at that moment, explaining that such “conversations” could happen "in the fullness of time."

El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim senator, has denounced antisemitism while fiercely criticizing Israel for its military operations in Gaza.

'I made a mistake,' the progressive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan said, referring to remarks he made about a ramming attack on Temple Israel in Bloomfield,…

The March 12 attack on Temple Israel involved a man ramming a vehicle into the building and opening fire.