Condemned
“crocodile tears”
Arbit condemned El-Sayed's response and argued that his rhetoric contributed to hostility toward Jews.
- Speaker
- Noah Arbit
- Capacity
- Michigan state representative
- Observed
- March 15, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Abdul El-Sayed
- Classification rationale
- This is a direct rejection of El-Sayed's response to the attack.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Arbit responded to El-Sayed's video after the attack on Temple Israel.
After the quotation
He connected the response to what he viewed as a broader pattern of rhetoric stoking hatred against Jews.
Evidence
Complete source record
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Reports Noah Arbit's criticism and competing community responses after the attack.