In the wake of an armed assault on a Metro Detroit synagogue, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has shifted her stance regarding the ongoing partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. On Friday, Slotkin called for the immediate funding of the agency she described as “essential,” just one day after voting to continue the funding freeze.
The policy shift followed an incident at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, where authorities say Ayman Mohamed Ghazali, a Lebanese-born U.S. citizen, rammed his vehicle into the building.
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard reported that Ghazali’s trunk contained explosives and that the suspect died at the scene following a shootout with the synagogue’s security team…