{"id":12373,"date":"2026-08-27T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/michigan-democrat-demands-reporters-stop-asking-about-hasan-piker-ahead-of-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:02:20","slug":"michigan-democrat-demands-reporters-stop-asking-about-hasan-piker-ahead-of-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/michigan-democrat-demands-reporters-stop-asking-about-hasan-piker-ahead-of-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Democrat demands reporters stop asking ‘about Hasan Piker’ ahead of Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., demanded reporters stop asking her about Twitch streamer Hasan Piker<\/a> while campaigning for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

During a student town hall<\/a> with El-Sayed and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Dingell opened her speech by calling out the focus on Piker during the Senate race.<\/p>\n

“I am done, so don\u2019t any reporter ask me again about Hasan Piker,” Dingell said. “It\u2019s not what November is about. Republicans are trying to make it. They\u2019re trying to divide us, and we got to stop letting them try to divide us. I don\u2019t agree with Hasan Piker on a lot of stuff, and I really don\u2019t agree with him on some of the woman things he said. And I\u2019m still trying to figure out, is it the reason he exercises and looks buff is why he has so many followers.”<\/p>\n

WHO IS HASAN PIKER? MEET THE FAR-LEFT STREAMER WHO IS STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY AND DIVIDING DEMOCRATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dingell reiterated her criticism of Piker while appearing on CNN’s “Situation Room” that same day.<\/p>\n

“Look, I\u2019m going to say this to you: I\u2019m tired of people trying to drag me into it. I strongly disagree with many of the things that Hasan Piker has said, from Israel to, quite frankly, if you\u2019re a woman who has fought against sexual violence and domestic violence her whole life, what he has said about rape, etc., is simply inexcusable,” Dingell said. “I don\u2019t understand some of the followers and why they follow people. And I got in trouble when I said, maybe it\u2019s generational, he works out and they say he looks buff. What he has said is just wrong.”<\/p>\n

She continued, “I think that \u2014 what I know that this election\u2019s about in November is being able to reverse the healthcare cuts that we\u2019ve had in this country, the millions of Americans who don\u2019t have healthcare right now, the kids that are already going hungry, and the seniors, because we\u2019ve cut the SNAP program. And we have to elect somebody that is not going to be a rubber stamp to the Trump policies we have seen the last two years. I think it\u2019s incumbent upon Abdul to make it very clear to people that he doesn\u2019t agree with things that Hasan Piker says. I pray we\u2019re not going to see him in Michigan from now until the election.”<\/p>\n

HASAN PIKER POINTS THE FINGER AT AIPAC AS DEMOCRATS SPEAK OUT AGAINST HIM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In a comment to Fox News Digital<\/a>, Dingell spokesperson Matt Krack repeated that Dingell is finished answering questions about Piker.<\/p>\n

“Congresswoman Dingell made clear this afternoon she will not answer any more questions about him. She doesn\u2019t agree with him on many things, but this election isn\u2019t about him. It\u2019s about healthcare, affordability, hunger, and other issues that impact working men and women,” Krack said.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital also reached out to Piker for comment.<\/p>\n

Dingell’s comments come after several Democratic politicians<\/a> began condemning the far-left Twitch streamer, who faced further controversy saying American Jews could become targets of violence if they continue to be perceived as singularly invested in Israel.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRAT RIPS HASAN PIKER AS ‘HACK WHO THRIVES ON HATE’ OVER HIS WARNING TO AMERICAN JEWS ABOUT ISRAEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Among them were Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J.;\u00a0Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.; and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; and Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.; Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y.; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Brad Schneider, D-Ill.; Greg Stanton, D-Ariz.; and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed, who previously campaigned with Piker, also appeared to distance himself<\/a> from the Twitch streamer in a statement he released on Monday.<\/p>\n

“[W]hile politicians and pundits try to make this race about a Twitch streamer, we\u2019re going to be talking about gas, groceries, good schools, and healthcare. Because that\u2019s what Michiganders keep asking about,” El-Sayed said.<\/p>\n

In a comment to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for fellow Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga, a Republican, said, “When Democrats like Debbie Dingell start running away from Abdul El-Sayed and his pals, you know their agenda is radioactive in Michigan.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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