Hasan Piker Condemned by Jeffries, Ossoff and Other Democrats: Full List – Newsweek

A wave of elected Democrats has condemned Twitch streamer Hasan Piker after he said American Jews could face violence if they keep being seen as strongly supporting Israel. The comments have widened a fight inside the party over how to handle one of its most popular online surrogates. The backlash followed an August 20 livestream in which Piker displayed a photo of Democratic Michigan state Senator Jeremy Moss, who is Jewish and running for Michigan’s 11th Congressional District. Piker warned that Jewish Americans who kept expressing singular support for Israel would eventually invite “someone” to “take action” against them. He has since blamed the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC for the wave of condemnations and says he welcomes it. Newsweek reached out to Piker for comment on Thursday. Full List of Democrats Who Have Condemned Hasan Piker Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, New York Cory Booker, Senator, New Jersey Elissa Slotkin, Senator, Michigan Jacky Rosen, Senator, Nevada Jon Ossoff, Senator, Georgia Josh Gottheimer, Representative, New Jersey Ritchie Torres, Representative, New York Jared Moskowitz, Representative, Florida Brad Schneider, Representative, Illinois Greg Stanton, Representative, Arizona Hillary Scholten, Representative, Michigan Haley Stevens, Representative, Michigan Jake Auchincloss, Representative, Massachusetts What Prompted the Backlash Piker displayed
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