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Abdul El-Sayed: Tribune of America's Islamo-Left

Updated 12:04 PM ET · 11:22 AM ETConfirmed

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In Short: The Chicago Tribune reports that Hasan Piker, a left-wing Twitch streamer and ally of El-Sayed, previously stated that 'America deserved 9/11,' while Spiked notes that El-Sayed downplayed a recent attack on Michigan's largest synagogue by saying, 'hurt people hurt people,' though he later apologized.

Former Detroit health official Abdul El-Sayed is facing intense backlash over alleged ties to individuals with extremist views, according to the Chicago Tribune and Spiked.

In an interview with the Dailywire, Piker defended his comments, saying that his 2019 remark was less damaging than President Donald Trump's suggestion that certain cities should be 'taken out' by Iran.

Meanwhile, the Newyorker criticizes El-Sayed's ability to 'string together two coherent sentences,' highlighting the broader criticism of his political rhetoric.

Fox Business reported that El-Sayed dodged questions about Piker during a recent appearance, while the Washingtonexaminer noted that Piker, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, compared his own 'mispeaking' to more damaging statements made by others.

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, appearing on Fox News, analyzed the growing antisemitism concerns on the far-left, linking them to El-Sayed's alleged extremist ties.

Vice President JD Vance, speaking at a rally in Michigan, accused El-Sayed of being 'very, very evil' and said he should not be allowed to become a senator due to his alleged ties to terrorist sympathizers.

The Chicago Tribune also reported that El-Sayed's half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, wrote in 2012 that their family had long been involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, a claim El-Sayed has not directly addressed.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, speaking at a rally in Grand Rapids, criticized Trump and his allies for using Islamophobia to distract from issues like health care and income inequality.

Despite the criticism, El-Sayed has maintained his campaign, telling supporters at a rally in Grand Rapids that he does not care how Trump pronounces or misrepresents his name.

Background

What's confirmed

• More recently, in March, when an Islamist attacked Michigan’s largest synagogue, which had 140 preschoolers inside at the time, El-Sayed explained this away by saying, ‘hurt people hurt people’. (He apologised six months later.) Clearly, the Islamo-left takeover of the Democratic Party is not some swivel-eyed conspiracy theory from fascist malcontents.
• “There’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil and on the rise in the United States of America today, and it’s people who see themselves not as citizens of a common nation, fighting for every single person … but see themselves as fighting for one group at the expense of others,” Vance said at a rally in Sterling Heights hosted by MAGA Inc., a super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump.

What's still developing

• “All they can do is foment hatred and divisiveness,” Sanders said.
• Fox News host Jimmy Failla discusses Starbucks resolving a Florida DEI lawsuit with a nationwide agreement and Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s seemingly dodging questions about Hasan Piker on ‘The Evening Edit.’ Starbucks announced plans to close roughly 250 stores across North America this week, company COO Mike Grams revealed Thursday.
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• In an episode of his America Dissected podcast featuring Dr. Kellan Baker, he called himself a “cis straight man” and discussed how his own experiences differed from those of LGBTQ people.
• The radical ally of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said in an interview Thursday that the United States has committed more terrorism than the radical Islamic group behind 9/11.
• “My message to Abdul El-Sayed is: You can pal around with terrorist sympathizers, and you can say that America deserved 9/11, or you could empathize not with the children who were targeted at Temple Israel, but with the attacker,” Vance said.
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Sources

• Breitbartlink
• Chicago Tribunelink
• Diyatvusalink
• Fox Newslink
• Grand Haven Tribunelink
• NBC Newslink
• Spiked-Onlinelink
• Newyorkerlink
• Fox Businesslink
• Washingtonexaminerlink
• Dailywirelink
• Egyptindependentlink
• Justthenewslink
• Vinnewslink
• Jewishinsiderlink
• WarpBeat — background on Abdul El-Sayed: Tribune of America's Islamo-Left link
• Fox Business — video link