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Dem Senate candidate El-Sayed defends ties to hate streamer Hasan Piker, hints at big tax increase for middle class
NY Post ^ | 8/09/26 | Ryan King

Posted on 08/09/2026 3:38:18 PM PDT by Libloather

Dem Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday refused to break ties to notorious hate streamer Hasan Piker — while hinting he wants to sock the middle class with the bill for his Medicare for All plan.

El-Sayed even left the door open to continuing to campaign with Piker in the pol’s general election matchup against Republican Mike Rogers — despite arguing that the notorious Twitch streamer’s 2019 comment, “America deserved 9/11” was dumb.

“It was a dumb statement,” El-Sayed told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “He disavowed it. So yes. America didn’t deserve 9/11.

“But to sit here and play gotcha politics with a dumb thing somebody said out of context — 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,” the radical candidate said. “But we seem to want to bring back.”

Piker very begrudgingly suggested that his comment was “inappropriate” shortly after his screed against the US in 2019,

But he was later seen with a framed copy of a front-page newspaper story showing the Twin Towers in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack. More than 2,750 people, most Americans, died in New York City alone on the infamous day.

Piker has also sparked controversy for claiming that the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack was a “direct consequence” of Israeli actions and asserting that if the terror group engaged in rape, it “doesn’t change the dynamic for me.”

At one point, he fawned over the “brave mujahideen” who injured Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and later suggested Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) should be murdered.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: abdul; abdulelplatner; class; increase; michigan; taxes

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Free crap is expensive. Affordability, bitches. Pay up, or else.
1 posted on 08/09/2026 3:38:18 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Of course he plans to tax the middle class. A healthy middle class is anaethma to Marxism - it MUST be crushed.


2 posted on 08/09/2026 3:43:44 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Libloather

Of course he plans to tax the middle class. A healthy middle class is anaethma to Marxism - it MUST be crushed.


3 posted on 08/09/2026 3:43:46 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Libloather

Sounds to me like he’s been told that the fix is in; that the steal is in place.


4 posted on 08/09/2026 3:48:09 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Libloather

“Grind the middle class between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”

Marx.

L


5 posted on 08/09/2026 3:50:55 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. LOL l)
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To: Libloather

This is worse than Platner.


6 posted on 08/09/2026 3:53:29 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Carry_Okie

Right. Otherwise, he would have been compelled to leverage Taqiyya...


7 posted on 08/09/2026 3:53:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Carry_Okie
Someone needs to ask him whether Marxism or Islam is his defining world view. Also, if he's calling Israel's military action in Gaza ‘genocide’, what does he think the Holocaust was, and why does he think Egypt isn't taking the Palestinians in?

This guy is Soros supported. Hasn't Soros hurt enough people?

8 posted on 08/09/2026 3:55:49 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup
This guy is Soros supported. Hasn't Soros hurt enough people?

A question that answers itself.

9 posted on 08/09/2026 3:57:26 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Libloather

The mainstream media is one reason this country is going to hell. They will report on El-Sayed’s “Medicare for All” plan. But most of them will say nothing about how he plans to pay for it.

And so traditional Democrat voters will clap like trained seals.

Oh, and a hat tip to the NY Post. They call it like it is.


10 posted on 08/09/2026 3:58:47 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Army Air Corps

He wants EVERYONE in bread lines, but white liberal women will still vote for their own destruction its in their DNA


11 posted on 08/09/2026 4:00:43 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Libloather

Free Government programs serve three purposes; enslave the population, get them to vote for the politician and offer a Shake Down, Break Down oppotunity for both the politician and their supporters.


12 posted on 08/09/2026 4:01:53 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Sate-owned bread lines at that. All the better to control the masses.


13 posted on 08/09/2026 4:04:02 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Libloather

What we need is a Yuge income and wealth tax on any and everything to do with THe DSA.

mEDIA CONSUMPTION TOO.


14 posted on 08/09/2026 4:12:50 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Libloather

Politicians like el-Sayed smile and say outright lies including disavowing the past. But then they stick the knife into the voters after an election victory.

Bill Clinton blabbed about the middle class tax cut if he won. He won. Then “My financial expert team has examined the condition of the Bush economy and I am sorry to say we cannot have a middle class tax cut and will have to ask for more investment for our social programs in the form of higher middle class taxes.”


15 posted on 08/09/2026 4:15:54 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I am not supprised that he his buddies with the Dog Zapper.


16 posted on 08/09/2026 4:21:07 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Libloather

Piker is a vile pig and El-Sayed is no better. Has he commented yet on the DSA plank to abolish the Senate?


17 posted on 08/09/2026 4:27:53 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
He wants EVERYONE in bread lines, but white liberal women will still vote for their own destruction its in their DNA.

"Was it all worth it? I have to walk a half mile to get to the meal kitchen for each of my meals, when they are available. The bridge I live under is noisy and I am always afraid my cat Mitzi will get run over by the party bigwigs that drive by. At least there are very few cars left on the road, except party bigwigs. But with no kids to worry about, I have enough money to afford my box wine. I share it with Mitzi, but she does not drink what I offer. But we have equity now in society and I have Mitzi and my box wine to keep me company. So life is good, and yes, it was worth it."

18 posted on 08/09/2026 4:31:53 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: Leaning Right

Medicare for all will just make healthcare prices even more unaffordable. But maybe that’s the plan.


19 posted on 08/09/2026 4:48:14 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Army Air Corps

.......Of course he plans to tax the middle class. A healthy middle class is anathema to Marxism.....,

“Noo” Socialism is still Marxist, no matter how “noo” it is! And El-Sayed’s socialism is muslim, too, which makes it even worse!


20 posted on 08/09/2026 4:52:51 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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