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El-Sayed condemns surrogate Hasan Piker for comparing Jewish suburb to a "KKK neighborhood"

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Streamer Hasan Piker, who has campaigned for Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, said on a livestream that canvassing in West Bloomfield, a suburb with a large Jewish community, was like campaigning for a Black candidate in a "KKK neighborhood." He also called pro-Israel opposition to El-Sayed "Jewish supremacy," Jewish Insider and The Times of Israel report.

El-Sayed called the comparison "utterly inappropriate and flat out wrong." El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers on Tuesday.

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