With the election just a few weeks away, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been busy trying to distance himself from Hasan Piker, who has said that America deserved 9/11 and claimed the U.S. is worse than Al-Qaeda.
El-Sayed brought in Piker to campaign with him during the primary, but now that he's a liability during the general, Abdul's pal is now dismissed as "a Twitch streamer in California":
“With all due respect, this is the third time you’ve asked about a Twitch streamer from California.”
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) September 13, 2026
It becomes more newsworthy every week that goes by that Abdul refuses to distance himself from Piker and his radicalism - especially when it leads to exchanges like this. https://t.co/3L2rQ0tDts
Even lefty phone bankers are getting tired of being asked about El-Sayed's radical buddy (and of course they're blaming that on Republicans).
A new ad from the NRSC puts an end to any claims that El-Sayed and Piker are mere acquaintances who otherwise have nothing in common.
As Abdul El-Sayed continues to try to distances himself from Hasan Piker, whom he calls a "California social media streamer", Senate Republicans drop a new ad showing El-Sayed & Piker dapping eachother up, hitting the gym together, streaming together, & attending events together. https://t.co/8jAqX0M3kJ
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 18, 2026
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These two are joined at the hip and will be again after the election if El-Sayed gets elected to the Senate:
They campaign together. They stream together. They want to destroy America together.
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) September 18, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker are a socialist package deal. pic.twitter.com/YXvs2wxfrL
A "Twitch streamer from California" and the radical leftist Senate candidate from Michigan are pretty much one and the same, which is why El-Sayed won't disavow Piker.
but he's just a "twitch streamer in california" https://t.co/bpMooiNypc
— Sarah Gallagher (@sgallz_) September 18, 2026
We certainly haven't heard the last of that ridiculous and easily disproven attempt from El-Sayed to distance himself from Piker.
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