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| El-Sayed: I Care About Hasan Piker's Audience Not His Comments | ||
| 2026-08-10 | ||
Host Kristen Welker said, “You’ve faced scrutiny for campaigning with Socialist streamer Hasan Piker,
El-Sayed said, “Look, I’m less concerned now with who I’m campaigning with and a lot more concerned about who I’m campaigning to. We’ve got a lot of work to do to continue to build the coalition that’s going to beat Mike Rogers.” Welker asked, “Would you welcome him, though, on the campaign trail with you?” El-Sayed said, “Like I said, I’m a lot more focused on who I’m campaigning to. 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’ll tell you that the three million people who listen to Hasan are people I want to make sure understand that there’s a pathway into our politics around getting money out of politics so we can get money back in pockets and pass Medicare for All. And so I’m going to continue to have the conversations with those folks who we desperately need to reach out.” Welker asked, “When asked about Hasan Piker’s 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?” El-Sayed said, “Of 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’t deserve 9/11. But, you know, to sit here and play gotcha politics with a dumb thing somebody said out of context, that they disavowed themselves, to say, ‘Oh, well, what does that mean about what you think?’ I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do rather than this idea that we’re 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.” Related: Abdul El-Sayed 08/09/2026 El-Sayed: After Elections, We Will Investigate Trump Abdul El-Sayed 08/09/2026 Michigan imam celebrated Graham’s death, prayed for Trump to die before El-Sayed win Abdul El-Sayed 08/07/2026 First time in 100+ years, American Association of University Profs endorsed a candidate - El Seyad Related: Hasan Piker 08/07/2026 Pennsylvania Democrat: The Founders ‘Did Not Even Understand’ the Term ‘Policing’ Hasan Piker 08/02/2026 Academic Jew-hate in America 6/26-7/31/2026 Hasan Piker 07/31/2026 Cuba Falling: A Lot Happened Last Week. Let's Talk About It. | ||
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