El-Sayed Distances Himself From Popular Streamer's Comments on Israel and Jewish Americans
The Senate candidate said Piker does not speak for his campaign after Democrats and Republicans condemned the streamer’s comments as dangerous and antisemitic.
- On Monday, Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed distanced himself from progressive commentator Hasan Piker following backlash over Piker's comments suggesting pro-Israel rhetoric could incite violence against American Jews.
- During a recent stream, Piker targeted Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, warning that portraying American Jews as "singularly invested in Israel" could provoke negative action against the community.
- Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten called Piker a "hack who thrives on hate, shock and awe," while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned the remarks as antisemitic and dangerous.
- Former congressman Mike Rogers, El-Sayed's Republican opponent, called the nominee "unfit," while Democratic strategist Tré Easton warned Piker has become a "serious liability" to the campaign.
- Responding to criticism on Monday, Piker dismissed the outrage as a "smear," while El-Sayed insisted his campaign remains focused on "gas, groceries, good schools, and healthcare.
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Gottheimer: El-Sayed Won't Condemn Piker Even as He Uses 'Nazi-Like Formula'
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) said that Hasan Piker is “calling for violence against Jews, American Jews who support the U.S.-Israeli relationship, literally calling for them to be attacked, which is a Nazi-like formula” The post Gottheimer: El-Sayed Won’t Condemn Piker Even as He Uses ‘Nazi-Like Formula’ appeared first on Breitbart.
El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker amid Jewish voter concerns
If not necessarily a sharp pivot, El-Sayed’s words, coming from a strident Israel critic in his own right, still represented an acknowledgement that his biggest campaign surrogate poses problems.
Hasan Piker Roils Michigan Senate Race
Abdul El-Sayed’s connection to Hasan Piker, with whom he campaigned ahead of the August primary, has followed the Senate candidate’s race throughout the summer — even as El-Sayed tries to separate himself from Piker’s comments. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP PhotoStreamer Hasan Piker’s comments about Jewish Americans’ support for Israel are still haunting Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate campaign, as the Michigan Democrat tries to distance himself from the g…
Elissa Slotkin calls out Hasan Piker for blaming Jewish Americans targeted over their Israel views - NEW YORK TIMES POST
Democrats urged to ‘disavow’ Hasan Piker Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed faces scrutiny over his campaign’s ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker. Piker’s highly controversial remarks about U.S. Jews prompt prominent Democrats to warn colleagues to distance themselves. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer joins ‘America Reports’ to analyze the fallout and the growing antisemitism concerns on the far-left. NEWYou ca…
Elissa Slotkin calls out Hasan Piker for blaming Jewish Americans targeted over their Israel views
Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., condemned livestreamer Hasan Piker after he said that Jewish Americans will face inevitable consequences for supporting Israel. Last week, Piker told his viewers, “If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against Americ…
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