{"id":3001,"date":"2026-08-26T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2026-08-26T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:09:10","slug":"hasan-piker-roils-michigan-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3001","title":{"rendered":"Hasan Piker Roils Michigan Senate Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Streamer Hasan Piker\u2019s comments about Jewish Americans\u2019 support for Israel are still haunting Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s Senate campaign, as the Michigan Democrat tries to distance himself from the growing backlash within his own party.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2997\">Trump Wants Unity in Georgia. The Blood May Be Too Bad.<\/a><\/p><p>Piker\u2019s broadcasts, which frequently include criticism of the Israeli government, have become a trip wire for moderates eager to denounce him before conservative opponents can tie his commentary to their own campaigns. Democrats\u2019 quick condemnation this week shows how toxic associating with Piker has grown on the Hill \u2014 a risk for swing-state candidates like El-Sayed, who has campaigned with the streamer before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHasan Piker is an antisemite,\u201d Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey) said on Fox News on Tuesday. \u201cNobody should be anywhere near this guy. Nobody should campaign with him or repost him. Frankly, anyone who is quiet right now is complicit.\u201d<\/p><p>A new wave of Piker criticism began when an audio clip resurfaced last week, appearing to feature Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss saying his campaign\u2019s main objective is ensuring the U.S. continues its support for Israel. While Moss says the audio used <span><u>is fak<\/u><\/span><span><u>e<\/u><\/span>, Piker spoke about the video during a Monday <span><u>stream<\/u><\/span> \u2014 arguing that Jewish Americans\u2019 continued support for Israel promotes the idea that the community is \u201cmonolithic,\u201d thus opening them up to violence.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US Department of the Treasury\" class=\"wp-image-2969\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Billionaire\u2019s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"burgum\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-768x513.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      \u2018They Want Us All To Leave\u2019: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US-Wisconsin Supreme Court-elon-Musk\" class=\"wp-image-3000\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ea14a56f917fd6bec1e5d2632a3b9de6-768x566.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ea14a56f917fd6bec1e5d2632a3b9de6-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ea14a56f917fd6bec1e5d2632a3b9de6-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ea14a56f917fd6bec1e5d2632a3b9de6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Elon Musk Won\u2019t Face Election-Bribery Charges in Wisconsin\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Treasury Bessent\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dd1c4348467be8eb843e52efb965f1b2-768x514.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dd1c4348467be8eb843e52efb965f1b2-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dd1c4348467be8eb843e52efb965f1b2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dd1c4348467be8eb843e52efb965f1b2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Dana Milbank:<\/u> Allow Me to Present the Secret War Plans for Trump\u2019s Military Attack on the Bond Market\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIf Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone\u2019s going to come around and take action \u2014 not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews,\u201d Piker said.<\/p><p>Moss initially said he was not going to <span><u>endorse<\/u><\/span> El-Sayed unless the Senate candidate increased outreach to his district\u2019s Jewish community. The state senator backed out of doing so following Piker\u2019s stream, Semafor <span><u>reported<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>El-Sayed\u2019s connection to Piker, with whom he <span><u>campaigned<\/u><\/span> ahead of the August primary, has followed the Senate candidate\u2019s race throughout the summer \u2014 even as the Democratic nominee tries to separate himself from the streamer\u2019s comments.<\/p><p>\u201cI want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople,\u201d El-Sayed wrote in a <span><u>statement<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But a slate of Jewish Democrats said Tuesday that they think El-Sayed needs to take a stronger stance against Piker and further disavow the streamer\u2019s rhetoric before it tanks the Senate candidate\u2019s campaign altogether.<\/p><p>Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Illinois), who chairs the New Democrat Coalition, criticized El-Sayed for what he sees as refusing \u201cto condemn the words of Hasan Piker, his friend and frequent campaign surrogate.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIt is disingenuous for El-Sayed to try to distance himself from Piker without specifically condemning, refuting, or even just rejecting Piker\u2019s hateful rhetoric,\u201d Schneider wrote in a <span><u>press release<\/u><\/span> Tuesday. \u201cClaiming that no one speaks for him except himself and his team is not enough.\u201d<\/p><p>Gottheimer on Tuesday <span><u>reiterated<\/u><\/span> his call to pass his resolution denouncing antisemitic rhetoric from online personalities like Piker and Candace Owens, a measure he introduced in April with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-New York).<\/p><p>El-Sayed\u2019s potential Senate colleagues also weighed in: Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) <span><u>said<\/u><\/span> that while Piker has been \u201ctrafficking in antisemitic tropes for a while,\u201d his recent statement \u201cis a new low.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2993\">Darline Graham Secures the Nomination for Senate Despite Late Campaign Gaffes<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cIn a time where political violence and anti-semitism has been spiking \u2014 and where just 6 months ago Michigan had a nearly deadly event of anti-semitic mass violence at Temple Israel \u2014 no one should causally be suggesting that anyone, Jews or otherwise, are to blame for being targeted,\u201d Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) <span><u>wrote on X<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday news conference meant to <span><u>address<\/u><\/span> a rise in Islamophobic rhetoric, El-Sayed took a moment to denounce antisemitism and uplift Judaism, which he called \u201ca beautiful faith that rhymes with so much of my own.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cInsofar as there are disagreements about foreign policy, my hope is that folks understand where those disagreements align and also understand that that does not come at the cost of Jewish safety,\u201d the Democrat said, referencing earlier conversations with Moss.<\/p><p>El-Sayed\u2019s news conference came after Jake Lang, a self-described anti-Islamic activist and Jan. 6 riot participant, <span><u>held protests<\/u><\/span> this month in Dearborn, home to the highest proportion of Muslims in the country. The Senate candidate has faced Islamophobic rhetoric leading up to the general campaign, and spoke on Tuesday alongside other statewide candidates and religious leaders.<\/p><p>Republican opponent Mike Rogers has tried to court Jewish voters who may be hesitant to back El-Sayed over his criticism of Israel, but those efforts have so far seen <span><u>limited success<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, a number of other congressional Democrats have pushed to disavow Piker\u2019s language as the party grapples with growing divisions among voters on sending military aid to Israel.<\/p><p>\u201cThere is a bright line between vigorous debate and rhetoric that stokes hatred toward our neighbors. Mr. Piker has crossed that line, repeatedly and unmistakably,\u201d Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) said in a <span><u>statement<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Michigan) was one of the first Democrats to speak out against Piker and defend Moss. She <span><u>told reporters<\/u><\/span> on Tuesday that El-Sayed \u2014 whom she has not endorsed \u2014 had \u201cnot reached out to me yet. If he would, I would have some questions,\u201d referencing the candidate\u2019s \u201cpast associations\u201d with Piker.<\/p><p>Scholten and Piker exchanged heated messages Monday on X after the congresswoman <span><u>called<\/u><\/span> his comments \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p><p>Piker <span><u>hit back on X<\/u><\/span>, calling Scholten \u201can israel 1st congresswoman\u201d who was \u201cvying for the spotlight.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThere\u2019s only one of us hurting the chances of a Democratic majority in November\u2026and it ain\u2019t me!\u201d Scholten <span><u>replied<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2991\">Trump\u2019s Lawyers: Kennedy Center Could Be Demolished if Renovation Is Halted<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed has tried to distance himself from the left-wing streamer\u2019s recent comments about Jewish Americans, but some lawmakers say it\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-michigan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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