{"id":2649281,"date":"2026-08-25T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-sayed-finally-scrambles-to-distance-himself-from-hasan-piker-after-piker-openly-threatens-violence-against-american-jews\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:14:10","slug":"el-sayed-finally-scrambles-to-distance-himself-from-hasan-piker-after-piker-openly-threatens-violence-against-american-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-sayed-finally-scrambles-to-distance-himself-from-hasan-piker-after-piker-openly-threatens-violence-against-american-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Sayed Finally Scrambles to Distance Himself from Hasan Piker After Piker Openly Threatens Violence Against American Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fel-sayed-finally-scrambles-to-distance-himself-from-hasan-piker-after-piker-openly-threatens-violence-against-american-jews%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2649281&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the controversy surrounding Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his association with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who has made inflammatory and controversial statements, including expressing support for violent rhetoric and making provocative comments about jews and israel. Piker&#8217;s comments, such as suggesting that &#8220;America deserved 9\/11&#8221; and posts attacking Jewish supporters of Israel, have caused political damage. Although El-Sayed initially campaigned with Piker and refused to disavow his rhetoric, he later issued a vague apology, distancing himself from Piker\u2019s more extreme statements amidst growing criticism. The article criticizes El-sayed for prioritizing support from the radical online left over traditional political credibility and questions his judgment given his close ties to Piker.It also implies that the controversy and Piker&#8217;s long history of inflammatory speech have jeopardized El-Sayed\u2019s campaign and raises concerns about the influence of extremist online figures in American politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even before a disastrous interview on Jesse Watters\u2019 Fox News show at night \u2014 in which he compared sex changes on minors to circumcision, among other faux pas \u2014 the first day of the working week had given Michigan Democratic senatorial nominee Abdul El-Sayed more reasons than Garfield to hate Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is, of course, that El-Sayed\u2019s embrace of controversialist and Twitch streamer Hasan \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-omar-team-vlogger-said-america-deserved-9-11-campaign-event\/\">America Deserved 9\/11<\/a>\u201d Piker as the campaign\u2019s top surrogate was all eventually going to come back to haunt his campaign one way or another.<\/p>\n<p>And while Monday was indeed the day when he had to finally acknowledge that Piker\u2019s rhetoric was inflammatory and inappropriate, he could have known this from the first day he began campaigning with him, yet repeatedly refused to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Why should we believe him now?<\/p>\n<p>The reason he\u2019s apologizing now is because Piker\u2019s particular brand of hate is actually hitting home in Michigan, with the popular socialist streamer telling his listenership that they needed to \u201ctake action\u201d against supporters of Israel like Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/24\/abdul-el-sayed-distances-himself-from-hasan-piker-01048367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>During a Thursday livestream, Piker called \u201cthe idea that Jews are monolithic\u201d in their support of Israel \u201ca very dangerous mode of propaganda.\u201d\u201cIf Jews in America keep putting this \u2014 this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone\u2019s going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews,\u201d he continued. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re teaching people the wrong lesson. At the end of the day, American Jews do not prioritize Israel, but they do prioritize antisemitism.\u201d During Piker\u2019s remarks, the stream displayed a social media post showing Michigan Democratic congressional nominee and state Sen. Jeremy Moss, who is Jewish and a supporter of Israel. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The post originated from the group Track AIPAC, and featured an image from Moss\u2019 Instagram account of him in Tel Aviv next to the group\u2019s signature red graphic noting contributions from \u201cpro-Israel donors\u201d to Moss\u2019 campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These comments also came before Piker, doing his Chairman Mao cosplay bit, led a crowd in a chant over the weekend mocking Charlie Kirk\u2019s death:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Hasan Piker led a live crowd to sing \u201cWe Are Charlie Kirk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full stage, with lyrics on the screen for a full on Socialist karaoke night.<\/p>\n<p>The man spent years calling conservatives the enemy\u2026 then belted out a Christian memorial ballad about one who got assassinated.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2091359064647242045?\">August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moss issued a statement that he was \u201cin continual dialogue\u201d with El-Sayed about \u201cJewish and Arab safety and security,\u201d but did not spare words about Piker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not be lectured by a California podcaster about what Oakland County, Michigan\u2019s Jewish community should and shouldn\u2019t believe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed, meanwhile, also decided that Monday was time to stop having a millionaire California podcaster lecturing anyone in Michigan about anything. Or at least, he decided Piker shouldn\u2019t be lecturing Michiganders for the moment and announced that decision in terms vague enough that you could understand he was scrambling away from Piker, but foggy enough that he wasn\u2019t necessarily <em>condemning<\/em> him, either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence,\u201d El-Sayed\u2019s statement began \u2014 indicating he\u2019s never actually listened to Piker\u2019s show, where Piker constantly advocates for violence against people for what they believe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lefts-rising-new-star-hasan-piker-endorses-terrorism-violence-suggested-president-assassinated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and for a list of beliefs<\/a> so long it would exhaust a Dostoyevsky novel if I were to here list the people he\u2019s targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters. Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople. And while politicians and pundits try to make this race about a Twitch streamer, we\u2019re going to be talking about gas, groceries, good schools, and healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My statement on Hasan Piker\u2019s comments regarding Jeremy Moss: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bUm96ANJXT\">pic.twitter.com\/bUm96ANJXT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbdulElSayed\/status\/2091930951873905147?\">August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>First off: If this is all indeed true, Michigan Children\u2019s Protective Services needs to check on El-Sayed\u2019s daughters, stat.<\/p>\n<p>Second, if this campaign weren\u2019t about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-carville-threatens-abandon-democrats-hasan-pikers-rising-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch streamer<\/a>, it\u2019s questionable \u2014 I\u2019d go as far as to say highly unlikely \u2014 that El-Sayed would even be the nominee in the first place. There has never been a politician in this country who has run on a platform of higher inflation, worse schools, and more expensive health care. Every single politician in the Michigan Senate primary was running on that.<\/p>\n<p>Most of them had more legislative experience than El-Sayed, to boot! What did AES have? The support of the radical podcaster class, particularly its anti-Semites, which is what rocketed him to the front of the field and carried him over the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, El-Sayed has been given too many off-ramps to count regarding Piker and his rhetoric, including when he first started campaigning with the Twitch streamer, and he\u2019s not only availed himself of none of them but blown past them like a stolen Mustang on a freeway chase being driven by the ghost of Steve McQueen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed says there is NOTHING that Hasan Piker has said that he disagrees with.<\/p>\n<p>JOURNALIST: \u201cAre there any views that Hasan holds that you disavow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EL-SAYED: \u201cI\u2019m not here to disavow people\u2019s views\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reminder: Piker said \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8U2IzctPZR\">pic.twitter.com\/8U2IzctPZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2041617110720225687?\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NBC: Hasan Piker has said \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11,\u201d do you plan to continue to campaign with him?<\/p>\n<p>EL-SAYED: \u201cI\u2019m less concerned now with who I\u2019m campaigning with\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC: \u201cWould you welcome him though?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EL-SAYED: \u201cI\u2019m a lot more focused on who I\u2019m campaigning to.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kyYIyNic7\">pic.twitter.com\/2kyYIyNic7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2086455727267197342?\">August 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, the only reason people following the El-Sayed campaign won\u2019t focus on the fact that he was campaigning with this bloodthirsty hooligan is that \u2026 the Watters interview later in the day was arguably worse for him.<\/p>\n<p>You gotta hand it to the guy: Abdul El-Sayed managed to get himself out of the headlines by having his top surrogate physically threaten the safety of a Democrat in his home state simply for being Jewish by out-horribling it. Respect is due.<\/p>\n<p>However, don\u2019t be fooled. Piker has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-allows-anti-semitic-streamer-called-violence-write-op-ed-charlie-kirks-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying this stuff for years<\/a>, and El-Sayed still campaigned with him. 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