Sen.John Fetterman, D-Pa., warned Friday that Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could cost his party a must-hold Michigan Senate seat, escalating a personal feud over El-Sayed’s campaign style, opposition to military aid for Israel and alliance with far-left streamer Hasan Piker."He has put, you know, that seat in play," Fetterman said during an interview with The Washington Post.
"And after Bernie Sanders and others created the disaster in Maine, and they pushed garbage person like Platner, and now they’ve pushed an individual like El-Sayed that’s been very proud of his very deeply anti-Israel views and proud to campaign with an avowed communist overall."The Michigan contest is one of roughly a dozen races expected to determine control of the Senate.El-Sayed defeated establishment-backed Rep.Haley Stevens, D-Mich.
More than $80 million poured into the primary, the most expensive Democratic Senate nomination contest in history.El-Sayed will face former Republican Rep.Mike Rogers for retiring Democratic Sen.
Gary Peters' seat.Sen.John Fetterman warns that Abdul El-Sayed’s nomination has put Michigan’s pivotal Senate seat "in play." (Fox News Digital)EL-SAYED PALS AROUND WITH FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER THE DAY BEFORE CRUCIAL MICHIGAN SENATE ELECTIONPiker had made repeated appearances with El-Sayed, including at a Detroit pool party the night before the primary.
The streamer has previously said America "deserved 9/11" and praised Mao Zedong as "one of the great leaders of this world."El-Sayed has said he does not share all of Piker’s positions but resisted calls to distance himself.The Republican National Committee seized on El-Sayed’s ties to Piker, accusing Democrats of failing to confront the nominee’s political associations."El-Sayed is a terrorist sympathizer and an America-hating socialist.His refusal to distance himself from Hamas-hugging radicals like Hasan Piker reaffirms his true allegiance is to terrorist groups, not America," ...