El-Sayed torched online after brushing off questions about Hasan Piker campaign ties: ‘What a pal’
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing a wave of online blowback after dodging questions about his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker, a frequent presence on the campaign trail...
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Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing a wave of online blowback after dodging questions about his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker, a frequent presence on the campaign trail in Michigan. When asked about Piker’s influence on his campaign, El-Sayed told reporters the race is about Michigan and that he is "not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California." "But I don’t want to have a conversation about a Twitch streamer in California," El-Sayed said. "This is not a serious conversation." Fox News Digital then pressed El-Sayed on why he brought Piker to Michigan if that was the case, which he waved off before doubling down and calling Piker "a single streamer from California" when another reporter asked if he would condemn him. ABDUL EL-SAYED PLAYS DOWN HASAN PIKER TIES AFTER STREAMER’S VIRAL ANTISEMITISM FIRESTORM The clip exploded across social media and drew widespread ridicule as El-Sayed scrambles to distance himself from the streamer, who has roughly 10 million social media followers. In a post on X , writer and political commentator Stephen L. Miller wrote, "Amazing. They are so terrified of him that she literally jumps in one question deep." "Who is the candidate here?" Miller wrote in another post . "This keeps getting worse," Republican political strategist Kyle Martinsen posted on X . "I’m interested in it so there’s a problem here," Townhall senior columnist Kurt Schlichter posted on X . In another post on X , "The Charlie Kirk Show" executive producer Andrew Kolvet wrote, "It's very clear Abul El Sayed is panicking. He went from doing a half dozen campaign stops with Hasan Piker and taking glamor shots with him, to refusing to say his name. Now he's just ‘some media person in California.’ What a pal." HASAN PIKER INSISTS ABDUL EL-SAYED ASKED HIM TO 'STUMP' FOR MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN AMID BACKLASH "He might be worse than Kamala…," Fox News contributor Joe Concha posted on X . Pro-Israel activist and philanthropist Ada…