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Summer Lee faces sharp criticism from Pittsburgh Democrats for appearing with Hasan Piker

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08.04.2026

PITTSBURGH — Rep. Summer Lee’s (D-PA) decision to campaign alongside Hasan Piker in Michigan has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats across her congressional district. State Rep. Dan Frankel, a Pittsburgh Democrat and a former colleague in the state House, was among those critical.

Frankel, a longtime Pittsburgh legislator, and state Sen. Judy Schwann of Berks County, said they were deeply alarmed by Lee’s decision to campaign alongside Piker, a commentator who has repeatedly trafficked in antisemitic statements.

Lee is a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. The district is a strongly Democratic seat that sits mostly in the city of Pittsburgh. It includes the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, where in 2018 the massacre of........

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