Today's example of "you know it's getting bad when..." involves Michigan Senate candidate and Hasan Piker bestie Abdul El-Sayed.
As everybody knows, El-Sayed has been trying to dismiss his association with Piker by referring to him as "a Twitch streamer in California." However, Piker has also been "an El-Sayed supporter campaigning for him in Michigan."
El-Sayed might have assumed he'd have a fairly easy interview on MS NOW on "Morning Joe" earlier today, but he did get called out for trying to pretend he's not buddies with Piker:
Even MS NOW calls out Abdul El-Sayed for trying to distance himself from Hasan Piker after campaigning with him:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 18, 2026
“Don’t you think its disingenuous to call him a California streamer when you know the guy, you campaigned with the guy, he was a big part of your campaign?” pic.twitter.com/2opXuIPF8a
"He wasn't a big part of my campaign, we had him to Michigan once."
El-Sayed is determined to just keep lying until he crosses the finish line.
"Once" lol. pic.twitter.com/QMvLY4gX8W
— Iron_Lord (@IronLordTTV) September 18, 2026
Hey @MSNOWNews https://t.co/I4yRck0Y9A
— SandyBeach (@SandyBeach305) September 18, 2026
"Once." Nice try, Abdul.
Abdul relentlessly campaigned with his running mate — but now he doesn’t want us to believe our lying eyes. Conman. pic.twitter.com/vIrCx0yfiP https://t.co/TTU5ofyxV9
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) September 18, 2026
El-Sayed: "He wasn't a big part of my campaign."
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 18, 2026
Abdul wants to revise his history with Piker.
Unfortunately for him, we have the tape: https://t.co/KogyCvrryU pic.twitter.com/yljhaYHZJT
Yeah, unfortunately for El-Sayed, the internet exists and remembers.
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