The Violence That Won't Be Tamed: El Sayed's Plea Falls on Deaf Ears Abdul El Sayed's words are a cry in the wilderness, echoing through the halls of power and into the homes of Americans who would rather not think about the ugliness that lurks beneath their politics.
As the Democratic nominee for U. S. Senate from Michigan, he spoke out against the rising tide of violence that threatens to engulf the country.
The incident at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas was a disturbing example of this trend: the normalization of violence as a means of achieving political ends.