The campaign of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan knows full well they now have a Hasan Piker problem, which is why the Michigan Senate candidate now refers to the radical who was invited to campaign on his behalf during the primary as "a Twitch streamer in California."
The reality of El-Sayed's friendship with the guy who said America deserved 9/11 is this:
The Democrats and their assorted socialist fellow travelers are now trying to sweep El-Sayed's association with Piker under the rug.
Piker isn't playing along with that effort, as a couple of MS NOW podcasters discovered during their interview. Watch, via @WesternLensman:
MSNOW had Hasan Piker on their podcast with Symone Sander and Eugene Daniels.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 17, 2026
Fascinating exchange here.
The legacy media hosts simply can't wrap their heads around why Piker won't shut up and/or moderate for election season.
Daniels: "You've said you want to be helpful. So… pic.twitter.com/3gvz0myVR0
Here's the rest of that post:
The legacy media hosts simply can't wrap their heads around why Piker won't shut up and/or moderate for election season.
Daniels: "You've said you want to be helpful. So why do things that you know are going to be harmful?
Piker: "Because if it's not me, it's something else regardless."
Daniels: "You don't know that."
They're talking about comments Piker made over the 9/11 anniversary. (While he still has the photo of the flaming towers on his wall here).
Look at the hosts' expressions and reactions during the clip. They know he's an election liability so they are absolutely perplexed as to why Piker is going to do Piker things.
The Democrat playbook demands you moderate for an election then go back to being a leftist extremist.
Sanders is former campaign operative, so she especially is confounded here as someone who knows how to execute that playbook.
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The looks on their faces while Piker refused to reel in the crazy until the election is over said it all:
TFW you just can't believe Piker is going to be Piker during election season pic.twitter.com/uzlUOYP4zX
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 17, 2026
Amazing.
The takeaway here should be eye-opening to many.
— Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) September 17, 2026
When someone tells you who they are, believe them;
And when others tell them to be someone else until after an election, see those people for the dishonest hacks that they are.
yes, yes and yes
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 17, 2026
"just tone it down right now then you can go back to being who you really are after the election" is the tried and true Dem campaign strategy
See: Talarico, El-Sayed, etc
It's fun to watch the leftists get so bent out of shape about Piker speaking what all Democrats believe, but they don't want to say out loud. https://t.co/rHQkyzMo60
— Dissident Citizen (@DissidentCitiz1) September 17, 2026
That's why the Left is trying to get Piker to tone it down while attempting to erase the things El-Sayed has said in the past. They won't get away with it.
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Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress, and that happens by keeping El-Sayed out of the Senate.
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