El-Sayed ignites firestorm after sharing 9/11 message on social media: 'Piece of s---'
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, sparked social media backlash after posting his 9/11 message on his X account."They didn’t just attack America that day they...
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Abdul El-Sayed , the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, sparked social media backlash after posting his 9/11 message on his X account. "They didn’t just attack America that day they attacked the idea of America," El-Sayed said . "The notion of a nation brought together by ideals — a place where freedom and commitment to justice bind us, even if, at times, we struggle to fully realize it," the controversial far-left candidate continued. "Today on 9/11 we remember the lives that were taken from us in a terrible act of terrorism." CBS NEWS TAKES HEAT OVER REPORT ON DEM HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED'S NOW-DELETED 9/11 POSTS Online viewers quickly reminded El-Sayed of his friendship with Hasan Piker , the progressive streamer who has gone viral multiple times for previously claiming that the U.S. "deserved 9/11." "Shut up, you FRAUD," the Libs of TikTok, a conservative X account that focuses on key social and cultural issues, said in a post Friday. Steve Guest, a frequent political commentator and a former staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, echoed the criticism in a post of his own, posting a picture of Piker and El-Sayed standing together. "This you?" Guest wrote. He also included a caption on the photo with another one of Piker’s quotes. "‘I hate America… at least I say it with my f---ing chest,’" the picture’s caption read. "Campaigning with a guy who said we deserved 9/11… his brazen dishonesty makes him all the bigger piece of s---," GOP consultant Ryan Girdusky posted on X. "You’re a disgrace. You remain unwilling to disavow your chief spokesman who said "America deserved 9/11," National Republican Senatorial Committee communications director Joanna Rodriguez posted on X. "You belittled the American lives lost year after year while giving excuses and showing sympathy for terrorists." "Good job reading from that script buddy," GOP digital strategist Mike Hahn wrote on X. Joey Mannarino, the co-founder of the Overton Institute, a right-wing media group, ex…