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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.
·Los Angeles, United States
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El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker as Jewish Democrats question his Israel stance
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.
·Jerusalem, Israel
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