Abdul El-Sayed Declines to Distance Himself From Hasan Piker Amid Israel Controversy
National Republicans and allies used Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed’s full name and anti-Muslim cues as 25% of Americans said they would not vote for a Muslim candidate, a 2024 Gallup poll showed.
- On Tuesday, Republican primary voters in Michigan handed a victory to Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, a former public health official with an Arabic name who had dropped out of the race.
- Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama posted on Wednesday that "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is a RADICAL ISLAMIST" and called him a "TERRORIST," reflecting Trump's pattern of employing Islamophobia for political purposes over 20 years.
- Al Lemmo acknowledged his campaign staff ran an explicitly anti-Muslim campaign against opponent Amir Hassan, while Fox host Jesse Watters featured a clip of El-Sayed helping people pronounce "Abdulrahman."
- A Gallup poll in 2024 showed 25% of Americans would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate, down from 38% in 2015, with Republicans disproportionately holding these views.
- Just six days after 9/11, President George spoke at the Islamic Center of Washington, DC, and said the "face of terror is not the true faith of Islam" and intimidation of Muslims "will not stand in America.
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El-Sayed Won’t Quit Piker, Picks Fight With Fetterman Instead
Kaitlan Collins gave Abdul El-Sayed a clean opening Wednesday night. All he had to do was say the words: I don’t want Hasan Piker’s help. He wouldn’t say them. The setup came from John Fetterman, who’d warned that Piker — the controversial left-wing streamer who’s been out campaigning for El-Sayed in Michigan — could become...
El-Sayed Won’t Quit Piker, Picks Fight With Fetterman Instead – Jeffrey Lord
Kaitlan Collins gave Abdul El-Sayed a clean opening Wednesday night. All he had to do was say the words: I don’t want Hasan Piker’s help. He wouldn’t say them. The setup came from John Fetterman, who’d warned that Piker — the controversial left-wing streamer who’s been out campaigning for El-Sayed in Michigan — could become a real headache for Democrats come November. Fetterman didn’t mince it. “I can’t come together with someone if you are will…
Abdul El-Sayed refuses to distance himself from anti-Israel extremist Hasan Piker – even as Jewish Michiganders are scared
After a narrow Michigan Senate primary win, Dem Abdul El-Sayed refused to drop controversial streamer Hasan Piker despite fears from Jewish voters.
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