Michigan’s El-Sayed unfazed by backlash against upcoming campaign event with Hasan Piker

By: Ben Solis

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 991

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Some voters aren’t going to agree with every decision that Abdul El-Sayed makes on the campaign trail, but the progressive Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan is facing an unusually heavy headwind after he announced that he would hold two campus campaign events with controversial leftist content creator Hasan Piker.

El-Sayed, however, told the Michigan Advance on Wednesday that he was unfazed by the backlash he is now facing for his decision to …

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