Scholten Condemns Hasan Piker Over Aug. 20 Threat Remarks Targeting Michigan Jewish Lawmaker
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 24
Scholten Condemns Hasan Piker Over Aug. 20 Threat Remarks Targeting Michigan Jewish Lawmaker
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 24
Summary
Rep. Hillary Scholten said Monday that Hasan Piker's comments about American Jews amounted to "talk of violence" after he named Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss during an Aug. 20 stream.
On that stream, Piker said that if American Jews kept presenting themselves as invested in Israel, "eventually someone will come around and take action" against them, while an image of Moss appeared in the background.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate Piker backed in Michigan, said Piker does not speak for his campaign and denounced antisemitism and rhetoric that puts Jewish communities at risk.
The American Jewish Committee said Piker had put "a target" on Moss, Jewish candidates and American Jews, intensifying pressure on politicians who have shared his platform to publicly break with him.
The clash lands in a Michigan political fight already inflamed by a fabricated audio clip falsely suggesting Moss said his campaign's "entire purpose" was to preserve U.S. support for Israel.