A supporter of Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed violently attacked and repeatedly threatened a young Jewish conservative at the University of Michigan on Sunday.
Independent journalist Cam Higby shared video of the shocking incident, which shows Liz Benichou being shoved to the ground and attacked during a campus free-speech event. Higby identified the attacker as a supporter of El-Sayed, the Democrat challenging Republican Mike Rogers in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate election in Michigan. Police have not publicly identified the attacker.
The confrontation began during a discussion about Islam and its compatibility with Western values. Benichou, who was participating in the exchange, asked the would-be attacker, “If you walked around in Iran like this, what would happen to you?”
The question set the woman off. She immediately lunged at Benichou, violently shoving her to the ground as bystanders scrambled to intervene.
“Don’t f*cking talk to me like that!” the woman screamed after tackling Benichou. “You wanna f*cking get over here, b*tch?”
The attacker continued hurling profanities as others attempted to restrain her. When an officer tried to arrest her, she said, “What are you gon...