Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from streamer Hasan Piker
El-Sayed rejected Piker’s past 9/11 remark and said he wants accountability for his own words and actions.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe New York Daily News is an established news organization with an identified reporter and a clear news-reporting format. The article is brief and provides limited sourcing beyond the candidates’ and officials’ reported statements.
- Source type — An established national news outlet, supporting a generally credible baseline.
- Author attribution — The article identifies a reporter.
- Editorial standards — The page presents as reported news, though the article itself offers limited independent documentation.
The article attributes the central statements to their speakers and includes relevant campaign context and a Republican opponent’s appeal. Its short length and reliance on reported remarks leave little room for independent sourcing or fuller context.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story includes El-Sayed’s remarks, Stevens’s support, and Rogers’s campaign appeal, but offers limited independent context or direct opposing commentary.
- Source diversity — Statements and actions from both Democratic and Republican campaign figures appear.
- Counterarguments presented — Rogers’s appeal to dissatisfied Democrats provides some competing campaign context, but no direct response from him or other critics is given.
- Loaded language — A few descriptive terms are charged, though the article attributes the central judgments and quotations.
- Omitted context — The brief report gives limited detail about the primary dispute and the broader campaign.
The report uses some charged descriptors but mainly recounts candidates’ statements and campaign developments without an evident partisan argument.
- Language tone — Terms such as “lefty” and “outrageous” add color, but the article otherwise uses conventional news language.
- Source selection — The story includes statements and actions from Democratic candidates and the Republican opponent.
- Framing — The focus is El-Sayed’s response and the campaign context, without a clear partisan endorsement.
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized Hasan Piker’s past 9/11 remark and said he wants to be judged for his own words and actions. He also said he spoke with Barack Obama and hopes Obama will campaign for him.
El-Sayed said Piker was wrong to say America deserved 9/11, adding that he did not make such claims himself and that Piker had disavowed the remark. El-Sayed also criticized efforts to link him to Piker’s comments as “gotcha politics.”
El-Sayed said his conversation with former President Barack Obama was warm and that he hopes Obama will campaign for him. Representative Haley Stevens, whom El-Sayed defeated in the Democratic primary, has pledged to support and campaign for him. Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers released a video appealing to Democrats dissatisfied with El-Sayed’s nomination. The article says the seat is held by retiring Senator Gary Peters.
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SWIPE →Democratic Michigan Senate candidate responding to criticism over his association with Hasan Piker
Michigan representative and former Democratic primary opponent of El-Sayed
Republican Michigan Senate candidate appealing to Democrats dissatisfied with El-Sayed’s nomination
Retiring Democratic senator from Michigan
Part of a bigger story
15 OUTLETSAfter winning Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, Abdul El-Sayed faced questions about his association with Hasan Piker and Piker’s past 9/11 remark. Center outlets emphasize El-Sayed’s rejection of the remark and distinguish his views from Piker’s, with PolitiFact examining Mike Rogers’s claim. Right-leaning outlets frame El-Sayed’s association with Piker and his answers about distancing himself as a political liability, emphasizing criticism from opponents.
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- New York Post · Fetterman 'dares' El-Sayed to stick with Piker, claims Michigan nominee has 'little man syndrome energy'
- The Independent · Trump ally pressed on Obama and El-Sayed trend: 'Trying to say, hint hint, he's Muslim?'
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