Abdul El-Sayed buddies up to Hasan Piker, avoids Israel question 

Remember when I said earlier this week that there’s no need for Democrats to have some very involved and unending internal debate about how to deal with Hasan Piker, the leftist streamer who simps for terrorists and authoritarian communist regimes? As I said, Ro Khanna has it pretty much right: Democrats can appear on his stream or engage with him as long as they aren’t afraid to call out the dumb stuff he says about America deserving 9/11 and China being great and Hezbollah being cool. That’s all I ask. 

Well, Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left candidate for Senate in Michigan, didn’t even come close to clearing this low bar. He is proactively campaigning alongside Piker, who he has invited to give speeches on his behalf. And when asked about Piker’s history of asinine comments, here’s what he said. 

Look dude, you weren’t being asked to cancel Piker, you were being asked if you have disagreements with him, because he’s standing next to you and representing your campaign. You aren’t going on his podcast, you’re........

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