The Brief A Farmington school board member is under fire for comments she made about Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. She made the comments while endorsing Haley Stevens at a campaign event last week. Smith apologized for the comments Wednesday on "Detroit Talk City" at 4 p.m.A Farmington school board member is drawing criticism for comments she made about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, one of Michigan’s Democratic candidates for Senate. Farmington school board member Angie Smith was at a campaign event last week for Rep. Haley Stevens and took a moment to share why she’s supporting Stevens. Abdul El-Sayed Senate candidateFor context:El-Sayed is Muslim and was born and raised in southeast Michigan by his father, who was an Egyptian immigrant.