The insufferable Hasan Piker, who has campaigned with NYC mayor Mamdani, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El‑Sayed, and several other Democratic candidates, claims that Jewish Americans who feel any affinity for Israel or support the Jewish state somehow invite violence onto themselves. He presents this as normal and even sensible. Many immediately condemned the remark as incitement and as an ignorant portrayal of Jews as responsible for the violence directed at them at a time when hate crimes are at historic highs. Others rushed to defend him, insisting he was not antisemitic and was merely criticizing “the Zionists,” even though the framing clearly targeted Jewish Americans as an entire group.
What stands out is the double standard applied only to Jews. Do Palestinian Americans or Muslim Americans who support Hamas, a Jihadist and fascist organization, invite violence upon themselves? Do Muslims who advocate for Sharia Law, including interpretations used to justify beheadings, mass rape, and other crimes against humanity, invite violence upon themselves? Do Chinese Americans who do not speak out against Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs or Tibetans invite violence upon themselves? Do leftists or Iranians who support the Islamic Republic, the Cuban regime, or Maduro’s Venezuela invite violence upon themselves? Do Lebanese Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, who support Hezbollah invite violence upon themselves? Do Yemeni Americans who support the Houthis and their brutal, regressive ideology invite violence upon themselves?
The list can continue, yet one truth is unmistakable. There is a fixation on treating diaspora and American Jews as uniquely deserving of violence or hate crimes because of their perceived or actual views on a foreign policy issue. No other community is subjected to this logic. Never allow anyone to convince you that this has anything to do with the Palestinian people, their cause, or genuine pro‑Palestine advocacy.
Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel has voiced concern that Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is making excuses for domestic terrorism.
Political violence is never the answer, and that should not be a partisan question.
More democrats are speaking out against Abdul’s radical rhetoric.
I work in healthcare and didn't seem like he answered the question at all.
We tried to pass single payer in CA, a dark blue state. It was more expensive than the budget for the entire state.
When an Arab Muslim, whose people have been slaughtering and enslaving human beings for some 1400 years — especially in Africa — comes to America and demands reparations for the enslavement of Africans in America, he is mocking the descendants of those slaves.
@AbdulElSayed is a desperate, despicable man, yet typical of the Islamic imperialism from which he was spawned.
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If you actually gave a fuck about undoing harm you did last election, you’d probably shut the fuck up instead of saying weird shit & whining when Dems rightfully distance themselves from you.
We’re trying to win over moderates now. It’s not the primary. You are a liability.
Our hard-working families deserve a leader with a track record.
While my opponent has “zero concern for bipartisanship” and no policy goals or plans for our community,
I’ve had 4 bills pass the House in this Congress, working with Republicans when it means results for IL-14.
Do you know what would be wonderful? If a member of Congress, who wasn’t Jewish spoke out against this raging bigot who blames Jewish people for violence against us. Hakeem Jeffries did, Corey Booker, too. Where is the rest of Congress? Why do they put this piece of shit over us