Ilhan Omar's radical streamer ally rallies with embattled lawmaker after DC home raid

Far-left streamer Hasan Piker dodged his controversial past in an exchange with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, hours after teaming up with embattled Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on the campaign trail to co-host an event in her home state of Minnesota.He also dismissed his disagreements with Democratic Party leaders after he called Republicans "terrorists" and Omar said the GOP is the "pedophile protection party" during the stream on Monday.Omar's decision to embrace Piker on the campaign trail marks a potentially risky political alliance, coming on the back of a high-profile raid on her Washington, D.C., home amid two dueling investigations — one for alleged immigration fraud, which could threaten her political future and citizenship status, and the other for fishy financial disclosure statement discrepancies.The lawmaker's appearance with Piker comes after Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed drew backlash from his own party for campaigning with the controversial Twitch streamer earlier this cycle.HASAN PIKER LASHES OUT AT REPUBLICANS, CALLS THEM 'TERRORISTS' IN EVENT WITH ILHAN OMARRep.
Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., campaigned with far-left streamer Hasan Piker Monday night, with the two scandal-plagued Democrats slamming Republicans.(SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images; Florencia Tan Jun/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)Fox News Digital confronted Piker at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport heading out of Minnesota after the Monday livestream.
He was pressed on the criticism stemming from Rep.Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Sen.
Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., after the two condemned Piker’s comments and pushed back on Democrats’ choice to engage with him on the campaign trail."Well, Angie Craig lost, and I think Klobuchar is going to make for a great governor," Piker told Fox News Digital while walking to security.Klobuchar condemned Piker’s past statements as "reckless and unacceptable," while Craig called his rhetoric "...