HARSANYI: Abdul El-Sayed is an American tragedy

Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville’s rhetoric about Abdul El-Sayed is dangerous

I was troubled to recently read comments by Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville about Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, and his supporters. Britt called him a “terrorist sympathizer” and a “jihadist sympathizer” on television. Sen. Tuberville went a step further and posted online that Dr. El-Sayed is a “terrorist” and a “radical Islamist.” These are inflammatory accusations leveled at a ph…

To the editor: Abdul El-Sayed is an American necessity

The Aug. 8 editorial titled “El Sayed and Ohio” and the Aug. 12 Harsanyi op-ed titled “Abdul El-Sayed is an American tragedy” prompt reflection on definitions and political reality.

HARSANYI: Abdul El-Sayed is an American tragedy

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, grew up in an affluent suburb of Detroit. The median household income in his hometown of Rochester Hills, named after Revolutionary War hero Nathaniel Rochester, is roughly $120,000. Not bad. By the time El-Sayed graduated from the local