Michigan Republican senatorial candidate Mike Rogers posted over the weekend that if his Democratic Socialist opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, had any courage at all, he would disavow his campaign surrogate Hasan Piker's claim that American Jews are to blame for antisemitism, and if American Jews didn't stop supporting Israel, "someone's going to come around and take action" — a claim he made while showing a picture of Michigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss, who's running for Congress.
More calls for violence coming out of the El-Sayed campaign…
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) August 23, 2026
Here is his running mate, Hasan Piker, saying that if AMERICAN JEWS support Israel, they will be violently targeted because of it.
This is all in reaction to Michigan Democratic Congressional candidate Jeremy Moss,… https://t.co/X5wEp7OULL
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… who happens to be Jewish, saying he is unsure if he will be able to support Abdul for these very reasons.
Absolutely DISGUSTING. If Abdul El-Sayed had any courage at all, he would call this out and disavow Hasan Piker once and for all. We’re waiting, Abdul…
As it turns out, El-Sayed did show some courage and disavow Piker, who has campaigned for him. Note that in his statement, El-Sayed refers to Piker only as a Twitch streamer … a Twitch streamer on whose show El-Sayed has appeared.
Is the writing on the wall for these two besties?
My statement on Hasan Piker’s comments regarding Jeremy Moss: pic.twitter.com/bUm96ANJXT
— Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) August 24, 2026
We see you, dude. pic.twitter.com/EipAL13iO0
— Lady L. North 💙❤️🏀 🏈 (@LadyLNorth) August 24, 2026
You agree with him, though. Remember "hurt people hurt people"?
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 24, 2026
— NovemberRain 🇺🇸 (@NovemberRain243) August 24, 2026
Too late. You decided to tie yourself to him.
— David Strom (@DavidStrom) August 24, 2026
You made the race in part about the Twitch streamer by proudly campaigning with him, despite his history of antisemitic comments.
— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) August 24, 2026
Hasan Piker said American Jews who support Israel are inviting violence against themselves, called Israel ‘Jewish ISIS,’ and claimed they’re ‘making antisemitism worse.’ He also called Liberal Zionists, Liberal Nazis (vast majority of American Jews are liberal and Zionists.)… pic.twitter.com/gmsnea1aCF
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 24, 2026
Translation: He's not distancing himself from Piker
— Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone) August 24, 2026
Gross
If he’s just a “Twitch streamer” why can’t you just denounce him?
— VigilanteLib (@VigilanteLib) August 24, 2026
Are you talking about the guy who campaigned with you and who you gave a fist bump to? That guy?
— Usually Right (@normouspenis) August 24, 2026
Too late to disown him and his hatred of Jews that you both share.
Thank goodness you mentioned Hasan in your post text because I wouldn't have been able to tell who are what you were talking about.
— Ohio Rob (@TheOhioRob) August 24, 2026
Your statement on Hasan Piker fails to mention Hasan Piker.
— LETSGOBRANDON (@RobertF30180556) August 24, 2026
So now his BFF is just “a Twitch Streamer”. FFS, you can’t moderate your way out of this one.
— AZ Beardo (@WestValley218) August 24, 2026
Hr speaks for you, and very loudly!
Just a bandaid until the next time he says something horrible. This is going to keep happening.
— The Last Bastion (@TheLastBasti0n) August 24, 2026
This silly “Twitch streamer” - Hasan Piker—the same one you’ve been proudly campaigning with—had this to say about Medicare reform:
— GN (@GNPeanut) August 24, 2026
“If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott.”
Oh, he also said a few more things to say about Jews,… pic.twitter.com/nyb4zwkpcE
Well, you are trying to make the race about Trump, Natalie Harp and Usha Vance. So if you want to play the association game, you lose...hard.
— LBRBDesigns (@LBRBDesigns) August 24, 2026
And we don't believe one word you say about Jewish safety.
A statement on Hasan Piker that only tangentially alludes to his presence and essentially says anyone who has a problem with it is crazy because....
— Freedom's Floor (@SumYungLiberals) August 24, 2026
The people you have represent your campaign are somehow now not representatives of your campaign?
El-Sayed has really stepped into it with this statement, because his opponents don't believe it, and his supporters are disappointed in him for falling for a cynical campaign ploy by Rogers. They insist Piker said nothing wrong and that this statement is just capitulation to his opponents.
"Politicians and pundits are trying to make this about a Twitch streamer" to distract from grocery prices and Medicare for All!
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