Senate Hopeful El-Sayed Dismisses Hasan Piker's 9/11 Comments: 'Dumb Statement'
NBC pressed Abdul El-Sayed on whether he would keep Hasan Piker as a campaign surrogate after Piker’s 9/11 and rape comments drew scrutiny.
- On Sunday, NBC's Kristen Welker pressed Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on his alliance with Hasan Piker, the streamer who claimed "America deserved 9/11."
- Campaigning with Piker, including at a Detroit party last week, has drawn scrutiny for El-Sayed as Piker faces backlash for saying "It doesn't matter if rape happened on October 7th."
- Defending his campaign strategy, El-Sayed told NBC News, "I'm less concerned now with who I'm campaigning with and a lot more concerned about who I'm campaigning to," citing Piker's 3 million listeners.
- Other prominent Democrats, including Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Sen. John Fetterman, have distanced themselves from the influencer, with strategist James Carville stating, "I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker."
- As El-Sayed faces former Rep. Mike Rogers in a tight Michigan Senate race, observers note that under the "Akin Rule," such associations can become significant political liabilities.
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'Fact Checkers' POUNCE on Mike Rogers Over 'America Deserved 9/11' Note
Screenshot from YouTube The “fact checkers” are marching in line with the elitist media in slamming Republican Mike Rogers for pointing out Abdul el-Sayed’s sketchy choice of allies like Hasan Piker. On Thursday, Snopes slammed Rogers as “False” for a statement that said “Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11.” On Friday, PolitiFact threw a “Pants on Fire” rating at the fo…
El Sayed disavows Hasan Piker's controversial 9/11 comments
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Sunday said he disavowed Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s statement that the United States “deserved” the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. El Sayed has attracted controversy for repeatedly campaigning with Piker, an increasingly popular political influencer, over that statement, among others. After previously declining to condemn Piker’s 9/11 comment, el Sayed did so over the we…
El-Sayed Says He's Fine Campaigning With Hasan 'America Deserved 9/11' Piker, Says He's Focused on Who 'I'm Campaigning To'
Newly minted Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan would like you to focus not on who he’s campaigned with, but “who I’m campaigning to.” The problem is that, when […] The post El-Sayed Says He's Fine Campaigning With Hasan 'America Deserved 9/11' Piker, Says He's Focused on Who 'I'm Campaigning To' appeared first on The Western Journal.
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed can’t escape questions about his relationship with progressive streamer Hasan Piker. The mainstream media has been grilling El-Sayed on just how alike […]
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