The far-left views of Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, perhaps, need no further validation for voters.
But Joel Rosenberg, author and founder/editor of All-Israel News, told American Family Radio Tuesday they sure get it in El-Sayed's embrace of far-left podcaster Hasan Piker.
Piker (shown right) is a polarizing figure for conservatives due to a history of inflammatory rhetoric, perceived hypocrisy, and stances on national security and foreign policy that directly oppose traditional American conservative values. 
Piker, who has more than 5 million followers across various social media platforms, is best known for his 2019 statement that "America deserved 9/11."
He later claimed the comment was satire and attempted to clarify:
"I know that I was inappropriate. It's messed up that I would even give the opportunity to the right to try to morally grandstand on an issue like this, when they are 100% responsible for all the bloodshed that's been caused," he told "The Wrap," a digital news outlet covering business, entertainment and media, in August of 2019.
During a Senate hearing in 2025, conservative commentator Michale Knowles highlighted clips of Piker calling for the deaths of conservatives, saying, according to Knowles, "Let the streets soak in their (expletive) red capitalist blood."
Piker appeared at El-Sayed campaign events this spring at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, CBS News reported.
El-Sayed has appeared as a guest on Piker's podcast, and the two were together again earlier this month on the eve of Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, when Piker joined El-Sayed at a Detroit event.
Piker was openly enthusiastic about El-Sayed's support among young men, and the two joked about criticism from Democratic strategist James Carville, The New York Post reported.
"This is a man who is so far outside of the mainstream, not just the mainstream of Judeo-Christian civilization. He's outside the mainstream of the Democratic Party. How he has emerged as a Senate candidate in Michigan is a serious problem for Democrats," Rosenberg told show host Jenna Ellis.
The El-Sayed platform
El-Sayed is all in for popular socialist goals like Medicare for All, defunding police, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and more.
He's a devotee of Sharia law, and while he's not yet called for its full implementation in the United States, he has opposed banning it, saying forces attempting to do so were connected to white supremacy.
In his Monday night interview with Jesse Waters on the Fox News Channel, El-Sayed did not say that Sharia should govern Americans. Instead, he compared the issue to Christian canon law, arguing that Americans should be free to practice their faith but shouldn't impose their religious law on other people.
"He's not just left-wing. He wants to do things that are so outside the mainstream of the country, even the mainstream of Michigan. That's why Michigan, which is such a blue state, is moving towards Rogers because they see El-Sayed as dangerous. It's not that he's Muslim, it's that he's dangerous," Rosenberg said.
In Michigan, moving toward the Republican candidate Mike Rogers doesn't mean Rogers is the projected winner. It just means he's in the hunt.
In polling conducted between Aug. 8-12, Fox News shows Rogers with a four-point lead. A handful of other polls have El-Sayed with a lead of anywhere from one to seven points.
RealClearPolling.com has the race in a virtual dead heat, with El-Sayed at 45.7% and Rogers at 45%.
Republicans haven't won a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan since a victory for one-termer Spencer Abraham in 1994.
Rogers, who ran unopposed in the GOP primary, ran for Senate in 2024. He narrowly lost that race to Democrat Elissa Slotkin in a razor-thin 48.6%-48.3% finish.
Donald Trump won Michigan and its 15 electoral votes in 2024, taking the state 49%-48% over Kamala Harris.
We're just friends
In recent days, El-Sayed has seemed to attempt to somewhat distance himself from Piker.
His campaign issued a statement on Monday:
"I believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence or intimidation. Nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople."
Still, there's a lot of water under the bridge with Piker and El-Sayed, and the candidate has not denounced his relationship with his influencer friend whose net worth is estimated at $10 million.
The radical Piker is "who is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed, and Abdul El-Sayed is totally happy with Hasan Piker's endorsement. And that's just one example of how far outside the mainstream, how dangerous, how wrong El-Sayed is," Rosenberg said.
