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Jeffries Condemns Piker’s Antisemitic Rhetoric | Wilmington News
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has sharply condemned streamer Hasan Piker for antisemitic remarks suggesting Jewish Americans invite violence by supporting Israel, sparking a firestorm across the Democratic Party and beyond. Piker’s comments, tied to Gaza conflict debates and referencing a Jewish candidate, ignited swift bipartisan backlash — with fellow Democrats like Scholten and Lee denouncing the rhetoric as hateful, while Republicans seized on it as dangerous historical echoes. Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, once allied with Piker, tried to distance himself, but critics…
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