Hasan Piker balks at moderate Dems seeking unity with El-Sayed

Socialist streamer Hasan Piker, a prominent ally of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, had harsh words for moderate Democrats calling for unity within the party after the progressive won the nomination.

Piker has featured regularly at El-Sayed events, drawing national attention to the campaign and prompting outlets to question El-Sayed's stances in light of Piker's own contentious views. After El-Sayed won the primary on Tuesday evening, Piker unleashed an expletive-laden tirade on moderates insisting he would need to mend fences.

“Everyone being like, ‘Abdul has a f–kton of work to do mending bridges,’ here’s the f–king take nuke for you: You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of s–t,” he said at El-Sayed's election night party.

“You literally called the dude a f–king terrorist for months on end, and like, called him a sexist, misogynist terrorist, bad candidate, fake doctor, when he has like two f–king degrees, and now you’re gonna sit there and be like ‘well, you know, you really gotta come to me now’ like what are you talking about?" he added. "Do you want to f–king win or not? Lock the f–k in."

The New York Post first highlighted Piker's remarks. The streamer making headlines just days into El-Sayed's general election campaign seems to validate some of the concerns Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has raised about the viability of Piker as a public-facing political figure for the Democrats.

Fetterman this week "dared" El-Sayed to keep campaigning with Piker, warning that Republicans could campaign by easily highlighting Piker's public comments.

“Keep campaigning with someone like Hasan Piker. You know, if I was a Republican, I would just dump $20 million for ads,” Fetterman said on Fox News earlier this week. "And I just want to issue a dare, continue to campaign with Hasan Piker right now. You’re in a general election now, I dare you."

El-Sayed, for his part, seems to have taken a more conciliatory approach to rallying Democrats behind him. He had kind words for his defeated opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who has insisted she will support him in the campaign.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.