Michigan Democrats want to fight Trump. First they have to stop fighting each other – WTOP News
- Michigan Democrats face internal fractures following Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's primary victory, as prominent party members withhold endorsements citing his association with controversial streamer Hasan Piker.
- Disagreements stem from Piker's history of inflammatory remarks, including saying America "deserved 9/11" and recent comments suggesting Jewish institutions promote dangerous propaganda regarding Israel.
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, asserted El-Sayed should not "make excuses" for domestic terrorism, referencing a March video statement following a synagogue attack.
- Party leaders including U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin are urging unity ahead of this weekend's convention in Lansing, describing friction as "a process that we go through" after the primary.
- While El-Sayed aims to pivot toward November's general election against Republican nominee Mike Rogers, strategists fear the ongoing Piker controversy could jeopardize chances in the competitive Senate race.
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Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops
The Senate candidate and a prominent Jewish House Democrat seek to move beyond the streamer’s latest remarks about American Jews. The post Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The moderate Michigan Democrat holding the line against Hasan Piker
Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) has emerged in recent weeks as one of the Democratic Party’s most outspoken voices against antisemitic influencer Hasan Piker —including standing as one of the few Michigan Democratic holdouts in endorsing Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in light of his relationship with Piker. Her stalwart outspokenness against antisemitism and resistance to her party’s home-state Senate nominee is increasingly rare in today’s politic…
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Fox NewsMORNING GLORY: Hasan Piker’s radical rhetoric is becoming Democrats’ 2026 brand
At least Marx, Lenin and Mao were well read. Social media influencer Hasan Piker wears his Mao jacket and hoses his Twitch audience down with absurd political takes that do not betray any evidence that Rutgers University obliged him to read even a book or two of serious history before he graduated in 2013. Rutgers is a fine school and anyone can get a great education there, but Piker’s “body of work” shows us that serious study there is quite ob…
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Michigan Democrats want to fight Trump. First they have to stop fighting each other
Michigan Democrats want to focus on President Donald Trump and the economy heading into November. But divisions from a bruising Senate primary continue to follow them.
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