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Michael Horowitz on Political Rhetoric and Violence | The Dispute Index

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Michael Horowitz on Political Rhetoric and Violence

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Disputes over whether public rhetoric predicts, excuses, encourages, threatens, or contributes to violence.

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Condemned1Distinct events · August 30, 2026–August 30, 2026 — Selected filter; activate to remove.Defended or excused0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Challenged the characterization0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Minimized0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Mixed or conditional0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Explicitly stayed out0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.

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1 event on this page · Inclusive range: August 30, 2026–August 30, 2026

1 matching event · Inclusive range: August 30, 2026–August 30, 2026

1 total published event · Inclusive range: August 30, 2026–August 30, 2026

August 30, 2026Condemned
Addressed record
El-Sayed's immediate response should have stopped at an unqualified condemnation; adding causal context at that moment was a mistake.
“insufficient”
Speaker capacity
Michigan Democratic activist
Editorial rationale
He treated the apology as inadequate and politically calculated rather than a sufficient correction.
El-Sayed's apology to Jewish Democrats draws mixed response (opens in a new tab)Full report

Provides attributable reactions from Jessica Alexander, David Kramer, Michael Horowitz, and other Jewish Democrats.

View context Abdul El-Sayed's cycle of violence framing after the Temple Israel attack