Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed distanced his campaign from Twitch streamer Hasan Piker after Piker's comments suggesting Americans might "take action" against Jews drew widespread criticism. The controversy exposed tensions within Michigan's Democratic Party over El-Sayed's Israel stance.
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said Monday that progressive streamer Hasan Piker does not speak for his campaign after Piker drew criticism for comments about Israel, Jewish Americans and Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District [thehill.com#1][seattletimes.com#1][newsday.com#1][israelnationalnews.com#1][haaretz.com#1][mic
The progressive streamer’s comments suggesting people may “take action” against Jews in the U.S. drew a rebuke from other Michigan Democrats.
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Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has distanced himself from progressive online commentator Hasan Piker.
Michigan Senate Democratic hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is working to distance himself from progressive influencer Hasan Piker over his rhetoric about American Jews. Ed O'Keefe has the latest.
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Darline Graham is facing off against Ralph Norman in today's Republican Senate runoff in a South Carolina special election. Meanwhile, Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed distanced himself from progressive influencer Hasan Piker over his comments on Israel and Jewish Americans. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.
Popular left-wing streamer Hasan Piker drew stiff criticism from prominent Democrats on Monday after arguing that some Jewish Americans' support for Israel is "making antisemitism worse."
Is Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed distancing himself from controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker? That’s the headline, but it’s not quite true.
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is taking steps to distance his Senate campaign from far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who’s facing blowback for suggesting that American Jews’ support for Israel could make antisemitism worse. El-Sayed, who faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.) this fall in a must-win Senate race, had raised the hackles of some fellow Democrats...
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.
Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) has close political ties to political commentator Hasan Piker, who has been accused of antisemitism. Piker says his comments against Israel have been misunderstood.