Pro-Abdul El-Sayed ad’s antisemitic message: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 28, 2026
The Issue: An ad for Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed blaming rising grocery prices on US aid to Israel.
Liel Leibovitz is right to condemn the repellent message underlying Cenk Uygur’s ad, yet he understates the magnitude of the problem (“Dem bigots blaming Jews ‘ad’ nauseam,” Oct. 27).
House candidate Darializa Chevalier took to the streets, seemingly celebrating, just 24 hours after the Oct. 7 attacks.
Mayor Mamdani wouldn’t criticize his wife’s posts approving of that dreadful day.
Colorado House candidate Melat Kiros refused to call the firebombing attack on a group of Jews, who were protesting Hamas, antisemitic.
I have respect for the Muslims who abide by our laws and meaningfully contribute to our society.
However, if we do not confront these politicians’ hatred very soon, we will face a challenge to the nation’s melting pot that has the potential to derail this great, ongoing American experiment.
Matthew Brief
Manhattan
What a despicable ad!
Though Abdul El-Sayed’s staff has disavowed any connection to it, they have not denounced the ad.
If the candidate himself won’t do so, that should further solidify voter perception of his anti-Israel and antisemitic views.
Michigan voters, Jews especially, take notice.
Richard Wilkin
Syracuse
It shouldn’t shock me that the finger-pointing at reasons for rising prices has now turned to the Jews.
The irony is that people like El-Sayed ignore one of the big reasons for rising prices — supply and demand.
When the government allows millions of people into the country, then uses tax dollars to provide housing, food and other supplies, the result is rising prices and shortages.
It’s economics 101.
Gary Markman
Beacon Falls, Conn.
Kudos to The Post for publicizing the vicious antisemitism of El-Sayed, but you’re wrong to smear all Democrats with the same stain.
As a lifelong registered Democrat, I support decent candidates but cannot blindly rush into endorsing all.
The Democratic Socialists of America are as much a blemish on their party as MAGA is to Republicans.
Dan Schlossberg
Fair Lawn, NJ
John F. Kennedy asked himself and America what one could do for the country; El-Sayed is all about what America can do for him (“El-Sayed Is No JFK,” Rich Lowry, Oct. 24).
There are givers and there are takers. El-Sayed should not be given a chance to take any more than he has.
Peter Cooper
Bronxville
The Issue: A Vivek Ramaswamy ad with Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her a liar, ignoring abuse issues.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad, which implicitly denied the horrific sexual abuse Amy Acton survived by featuring her mother, is absolutely appalling (“Mom lays down the lie,” Oct. 21).
It exemplifies the moral rot taking over our politics and should disqualify both Ramaswamy and Vice President JD Vance (who has shamefully defended the ad) from meriting any position of public trust.
However, the same criticism should apply to Abdul El-Sayed and anyone else who has campaigned with Hasan Piker.
Piker has cruelly mocked, belittled and denied Hamas’ rapes of Israelis on and after Oct. 7, 2023.
Any Democrat who excuses El-Sayed is just as loathsome as any Republican who excuses Ramaswamy.
Stephen Silver
San Francisco, Calif.
The ad against Acton was one of the worst political ploys I’ve ever seen.
The Republicans are such dopes.
All it did was generate sympathy for the opposition.
President Trump — who acted like it was OK to bring up Acton’s tortured past — needs an attitude adjustment.
Brenda Hodgkiss
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
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