CBS’s Weijia Jiang, sitting in for Margaret Brenan on this week’s Fact the Nation, interviewed Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. When gently asked about his association with controversial streamer Hasan Piker, El-Sayed melted down.
Watch as El-Sayed chafes under the mildest scrutiny of his association with the man who said “America deserved 9/11”:
WATCH: @AbdulElSayed melts down after @weijia’s second pass at a Hasan Piker question, claiming it is the third. El-Sayed subsequently name-drops Piker into his response to a question about working with Republicans.WEIJIA JIANG: Well, there are Jewish voters in your state who… pic.twitter.com/TfVBNG6TbW— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) September 13, 2026
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