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Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Party\u2019s nominee in the Michigan Senate race, sought to brush aside far-left streamer Hasan Piker\u2019s incendiary past remarks suggesting America deserved the deadly 9\/11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d host Kristen Welker asked the socialist-aligned candidate whether he disavowed Piker\u2019s comments, given that El-Sayed had repeatedly campaigned alongside the leftist streamer in the lead-up to Tuesday\u2019s contentious primary against establishment-backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen asked about Hasan Piker\u2019s comments on 9\/11, Senator Bernie Sanders called it a dumb statement. Do you agree? Do you disavow those comments that America deserved 9\/11?\u201d Welker asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, of course, it was a dumb statement, and of course, I think Hasan himself would say that was a dumb statement. He disavowed it. So yes, America didn\u2019t deserve 9\/11,\u201d El-Sayed said, but then immediately pivoted to qualify his remarks, suggesting that continued focus on Piker\u2019s remarks amounted to \u201ccancel culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, you know, to sit here and play gotcha politics with dumb things somebody said out of context that they disavowed themselves and say, \u2018Oh, well, what does that mean about what you think?\u2019 I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do, rather than this idea that we\u2019re so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020, but we seem to want to bring back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Welker then pressed El-Sayed on whether he plans to continue campaigning alongside Piker through the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I\u2019m less concerned now with who I\u2019m campaigning with and a\u00a0lot more concerned about who I\u2019m campaigning to. We got a lot of work to do to continue to build the coalition that\u2019s going to beat Mike Rogers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you welcome him, though, on the campaign trail with you?\u201d Welker asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I think we have this notion sometimes on shows like this that we cannot or should not talk to certain groups of people. And I will tell you that the three million people who listen to Hasan are people I want to make sure understand that there\u2019s a pathway into our politics \u2026\u201d El-Sayed said.<\/p>\n

The back-and-forth over Piker\u2019s most fringe and alienating views comes as former President Barack Obama reportedly called El-Sayed to discuss November\u2019s election, which could prove pivotal in determining the balance of power in Washington.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play,\u201d El-Sayed told NBC.<\/p>\n

If elected, El-Sayed would become America\u2019s first Muslim senator. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father was a part-time imam, The Daily Wire previously reported. His father-in-law is a founding committee member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.<\/p>\n

His background and hard-Left platform \u2014 which includes Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, defunding the police, restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court, and raising taxes on billionaires \u2014 galvanized the Democratic Party\u2019s far-Left base, including streamer Hasan Piker, who has used his large social media network to rally support for socialist candidates.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s primary highlighted the Democratic Party\u2019s accelerating ideological shift, with the establishment failing to stop the socialist-aligned Left nationwide. Supporters of the socialist movement viewed El-Sayed as their best chance to prove a leftist candidate could win statewide in a battleground like Michigan.<\/p>\n

Since President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election, the Democratic establishment has watched its leftist wing barnstorm the country, racking up one victory after another. Socialist Zohran Mamdani\u2019s upset in New York City\u2019s mayoral primary kicked off the movement\u2019s breakthrough, followed by three Democratic Socialists of America-backed leftists ousting longtime Democratic representatives. The socialist-aligned Left also steamrolled its way through Washington, D.C.\u00a0and Denver, then succeeded in nominating Graham Platner for the U.S. Senate in Maine before he dropped out of the race following a rape allegation.<\/p>\n

Hoping to block the socialist surge in Michigan, Republican Mike Rogers offered an olive branch to moderate Democrats and independent-minded voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are among the majority of Democratic voters who woke up on Wednesday feeling well, hopeless, because the person who won does not represent your values, then just know there is still hope,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cAnd to the vast majority of people across Michigan who do not want to throw their support behind a campaign filled with anger, divisiveness, calls for violence, and the views that are out of touch with your values, then you have a home with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Party\u2019s nominee in the Michigan Senate race, sought to brush aside far-left streamer Hasan Piker\u2019s incendiary past remarks suggesting America deserved the deadly 9\/11 terrorist attacks.Speaking on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d host Kristen Welker asked the socialist-aligned candidate whether he disavowed Piker\u2019s comments, given that El-Sayed had repeatedly campaigned alongside the leftist streamer in the lead-up to Tuesday\u2019s contentious primary against establishment-backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens.\u201cWhen asked about Hasan Piker\u2019s comments on 9\/11, Senator Bernie Sanders called it a dumb statement. Do you agree? Do you disavow those comments that America deserved 9\/11?\u201d Welker asked.\u201cOf course, of course, it was a dumb statement, and of course, I think Hasan himself would say that was a dumb statement. He disavowed it. So yes, America didn\u2019t deserve 9\/11,\u201d El-Sayed said, but then immediately pivoted to qualify his remarks, suggesting that continued focus on Piker\u2019s remarks amounted to \u201ccancel culture.\u201d\u201cBut, you know, to sit here and play gotcha politics with dumb things somebody said out of context that they disavowed themselves and say, \u2018Oh, well, what does that mean about what you think?\u2019 I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do, rather than this idea that we\u2019re so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020, but we seem to want to bring back,\u201d he added.Welker then pressed El-Sayed on whether he plans to continue campaigning alongside Piker through the fall.\u201cLook, I\u2019m less concerned now with who I\u2019m campaigning with and a\u00a0lot more concerned about who I\u2019m campaigning to. We got a lot of work to do to continue to build the coalition that\u2019s going to beat Mike Rogers,\u201d he said.\u201cWould you welcome him, though, on the campaign trail with you?\u201d Welker asked.\u201cSo, I think we have this notion sometimes on shows like this that we cannot or should not talk to certain groups of people. And I will tell you that the three million people who listen to Hasan are people I want to make sure understand that there\u2019s a pathway into our politics \u2026\u201d El-Sayed said.The back-and-forth over Piker\u2019s most fringe and alienating views comes as former President Barack Obama reportedly called El-Sayed to discuss November\u2019s election, which could prove pivotal in determining the balance of power in Washington.\u201cI was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play,\u201d El-Sayed told NBC.If elected, El-Sayed would become America\u2019s first Muslim senator. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father was a part-time imam, The Daily Wire previously reported. His father-in-law is a founding committee member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.His background and hard-Left platform \u2014 which includes Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, defunding the police, restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court, and raising taxes on billionaires \u2014 galvanized the Democratic Party\u2019s far-Left base, including streamer Hasan Piker, who has used his large social media network to rally support for socialist candidates.Tuesday\u2019s primary highlighted the Democratic Party\u2019s accelerating ideological shift, with the establishment failing to stop the socialist-aligned Left nationwide. Supporters of the socialist movement viewed El-Sayed as their best chance to prove a leftist candidate could win statewide in a battleground like Michigan.Since President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election, the Democratic establishment has watched its leftist wing barnstorm the country, racking up one victory after another. Socialist Zohran Mamdani\u2019s upset in New York City\u2019s mayoral primary kicked off the movement\u2019s breakthrough, followed by three Democratic Socialists of America-backed leftists ousting longtime Democratic representatives. The socialist-aligned Left also steamrolled its way through Washington, D.C.\u00a0and Denver, then succeeded in nominating Graham Platner for the U.S. Senate in Maine before he dropped out of the race following a rape allegation.Hoping to block the socialist surge in Michigan, Republican Mike Rogers offered an olive branch to moderate Democrats and independent-minded voters.\u201cIf you are among the majority of Democratic voters who woke up on Wednesday feeling well, hopeless, because the person who won does not represent your values, then just know there is still hope,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cAnd to the vast majority of people across Michigan who do not want to throw their support behind a campaign filled with anger, divisiveness, calls for violence, and the views that are out of touch with your values, then you have a home with us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nEl-Sayed Shrugs Off Hasan Piker\u2019s 9\/11 Comments - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2153\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"El-Sayed Shrugs Off Hasan Piker\u2019s 9\/11 Comments - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Party\u2019s nominee in the Michigan Senate race, sought to brush aside far-left streamer Hasan Piker\u2019s incendiary past remarks suggesting America deserved the deadly 9\/11 terrorist attacks.Speaking on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d host Kristen Welker asked the socialist-aligned candidate whether he disavowed Piker\u2019s comments, given that El-Sayed had repeatedly campaigned alongside the leftist streamer in the lead-up to Tuesday\u2019s contentious primary against establishment-backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens.\u201cWhen asked about Hasan Piker\u2019s comments on 9\/11, Senator Bernie Sanders called it a dumb statement. 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Do you agree? Do you disavow those comments that America deserved 9\/11?\u201d Welker asked.\u201cOf course, of course, it was a dumb statement, and of course, I think Hasan himself would say that was a dumb statement. He disavowed it. So yes, America didn\u2019t deserve 9\/11,\u201d El-Sayed said, but then immediately pivoted to qualify his remarks, suggesting that continued focus on Piker\u2019s remarks amounted to \u201ccancel culture.\u201d\u201cBut, you know, to sit here and play gotcha politics with dumb things somebody said out of context that they disavowed themselves and say, \u2018Oh, well, what does that mean about what you think?\u2019 I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do, rather than this idea that we\u2019re so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020, but we seem to want to bring back,\u201d he added.Welker then pressed El-Sayed on whether he plans to continue campaigning alongside Piker through the fall.\u201cLook, I\u2019m less concerned now with who I\u2019m campaigning with and a\u00a0lot more concerned about who I\u2019m campaigning to. We got a lot of work to do to continue to build the coalition that\u2019s going to beat Mike Rogers,\u201d he said.\u201cWould you welcome him, though, on the campaign trail with you?\u201d Welker asked.\u201cSo, I think we have this notion sometimes on shows like this that we cannot or should not talk to certain groups of people. And I will tell you that the three million people who listen to Hasan are people I want to make sure understand that there\u2019s a pathway into our politics \u2026\u201d El-Sayed said.The back-and-forth over Piker\u2019s most fringe and alienating views comes as former President Barack Obama reportedly called El-Sayed to discuss November\u2019s election, which could prove pivotal in determining the balance of power in Washington.\u201cI was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play,\u201d El-Sayed told NBC.If elected, El-Sayed would become America\u2019s first Muslim senator. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father was a part-time imam, The Daily Wire previously reported. His father-in-law is a founding committee member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.His background and hard-Left platform \u2014 which includes Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, defunding the police, restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court, and raising taxes on billionaires \u2014 galvanized the Democratic Party\u2019s far-Left base, including streamer Hasan Piker, who has used his large social media network to rally support for socialist candidates.Tuesday\u2019s primary highlighted the Democratic Party\u2019s accelerating ideological shift, with the establishment failing to stop the socialist-aligned Left nationwide. Supporters of the socialist movement viewed El-Sayed as their best chance to prove a leftist candidate could win statewide in a battleground like Michigan.Since President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election, the Democratic establishment has watched its leftist wing barnstorm the country, racking up one victory after another. Socialist Zohran Mamdani\u2019s upset in New York City\u2019s mayoral primary kicked off the movement\u2019s breakthrough, followed by three Democratic Socialists of America-backed leftists ousting longtime Democratic representatives. 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