Abdul El-Sayed plays down Hasan Piker ties after streamer’s viral antisemitism firestorm

Abdul El-Sayed tried to downplay his ties to Hasan Piker on air, but Katy Tur pressed him on why he won't fully disassociate ahead of a tight race.

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Moment,” host Katy Tur responded to Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s attempts to dismiss Hasan Piker as “a streamer in California” by saying that, given the fact that Piker campaigns with many

Ossoff’s campaign had never responded to requests for comment about Piker until Thursday, as a slew of Democrats condemned the anti-Israel streamer’s comments.

Michigan Senate Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed on Wednesday indicated he would no longer campaign with Hasan Piker after stoking scrutiny for associating with him due to controversial positions the Twitch streamer holds. Throughout his campaign, el Sayed has repeatedly appeared with Piker, including during campus ra

The candidate framed the whole episode over the left-wing streamer as a nonissue in the election.

Hasan Piker said American Jews could face violence if they continue to be seen as strongly supporting Israel.

Hasan Piker Needs to Say Only One Thing to Get Out of His Antisemitism Controversy  Haaretz

El-Sayed spent months campaigning with the antisemitic online personality when his views were well known.

Democratic Senate candidate for Michigan distances himself from Twitch streamer and debates Fox News host The Democratic candidate for Senate in the swing state of Michigan has spent the week trying to keep his affordability message front and center as scrutiny mounts from both ends of the political spectrum. In the sp

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."

Since scoring a surprise victory in the Michigan Democratic primary, progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is trying to push toward the middle to reach the more moderate electorate in a must-win state for the party in November.

Abdul El-Sayed has distanced himself from Hasan Piker's remarks about Jewish Americans and Israel. Here's all we know about the controversy.

Activist David Hogg on Sunday said he finds recent media focus on left-wing streamer Hasan Piker “kind of weird.” “To be honest with you, I find it kind of weird. Like he’s a streamer. This guy is not an elected official, and there’s a lot of elected officials out there that are saying incredibly horrible…

The progressive streamer’s comments suggesting people may “take action” against Jews in the U.S. drew a rebuke from other Michigan Democrats.