Abdul El-Sayed Defends Hasan Piker Ties

Abdul El-Sayed called Hasan Piker's 9/11 remark dumb but defended courting his audience.

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Rolling Stone Fawns Over Hasan Piker, Who Said America 'Deserved' 9/11

Peter Laffin says questioning el Sayed-Piker ties isn't 'Islamophobic'

WATCH: AOC Refuses to Condemn Hasan Piker’s Claim that “America Deserved 9/11” and Defends Him in Word Salad Answer * The Gateway Pundit * by Jordan Conradson

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed declined on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to say he would stop campaigning with streamer Hasan Piker, despite Piker’s past statement that “America deserved 9/11.” El-Sayed called the remark “a dumb statement” and said his priority was reaching Piker’s audience rather than endorsing every comment Piker has made. Former Jill Biden press secretary Michael LaRosa said he would not support El-Sayed over the refusal to distance himself. The exchange sharpened scrutiny of El-Sayed’s outreach to Piker’s online audience in the Senate race.

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Abdul El-Sayed is too willing to align himself with or excuse far-left figures like Hasan Piker. His refusal to clearly disavow Piker’s inflammatory 9/11 comments shows troubling judgment and ideological proximity.