Critics condemn, students show up for Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker

By: Ben Solis

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 1,442

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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EAST LANSING — Many different forces in the Democratic Party establishment and the Republicans who oppose them tried to derail U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s planned events at Michigan State University and University of Michigan with controversial influencer Hasan Piker.

In response, scores of young people, students and plenty of other potential voters countered that messaging by filling two MSU lecture halls for El-Sayed, Piker and U.S. Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania. They were not …

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