El-Sayed Won And The Pundits Only Want To Talk About Hasan Piker
Then there is the commentary. John Heilemann gave a long stretch of Impolitic to Hasan Piker rather than to the money in the race, with Ben Wikler as his guest. Hawk's response is simple: Piker is not on the ballot and El-Sayed is the nominee.
The money is the actual story. AIPAC spent heavily to get Stevens through the primary and has signaled it will spend against El-Sayed in the general, on behalf of Republican Mike Rogers. Third Way plans 15 million dollars aimed at DSA endorsed Democrats. El-Sayed was outspent roughly nine to one and won regardless.
Hawk ties it to New York City, to…
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