El-Sayed dodges questions on Hasan Piker as Michigan race heats up
What's new: The Democrat called Piker "a social media person in California" despite the streamer appearing at campaign events in Michigan.
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed brushed aside reporters' questions about his ties to streamer Hasan Piker, calling him "a social media person in California" and insisting his campaign was focused on Michigan. Reporters pressed El-Sayed after Piker appeared on the campaign trail in the state and after criticism of the streamer's past remarks intensified online. Fox News Digital published video of the exchange from Lansing, where El-Sayed declined to engage further and dismissed the topic as unserious. The episode added to scrutiny of El-Sayed's relationship with Piker as Republicans and online critics try to turn the association into a liability in Michigan's Senate race.