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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed challenged Vice President JD Vance to a weightlifting competition, questioning Vance’s beard and suggesting he uses testosterone replacement therapy.

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said he’d “absolutely” campaign for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a 2028 presidential run, even as Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign publicly rejected Piker’s comparison of U.S. actions abroad to al Qaeda’s terrorism.

Streamer Hasan Piker told Axios that the U.S. has caused more death than al-Qaeda, citing a reported American missile strike this year on a school in Minab, Iran, that killed 140 girls.

Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed met with Senate Democratic leaders in Washington after a bitter primary, but Chuck Schumer wouldn’t say whether the party’s internal rift had healed.

Republican Mike Rogers skipped a scheduled Detroit Senate debate, leaving Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to answer an hour of questions about streamer Hasan Piker, Israel policy, CAIR donations and his ties to democratic socialism.

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker defended his past remarks that he hates America, calling it his ‘God-given’ right, as the comments become an issue in Michigan’s Senate race where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has tried to distance himself from Piker.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s 9/11 tribute drew backlash online, with critics tying his message to his public friendship with streamer Hasan Piker, who has said the U.S. “deserved 9/11.”

Abdul El-Sayed’s public campaign schedule for the 25th anniversary of September 11 lists a Mexican festival, a farmers market and a county fair, but no remembrance event; his campaign says he will attend one privately.

Three progressive Senate candidates — Angie Nixon in Florida, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and James Talarico in Texas — are invoking Jesus Christ to defend their policies against Republican attacks branding them radical.

A visibly nervous UAW member’s halting remarks at an Abdul El-Sayed campaign event in Michigan drew a wave of online criticism, prompting a defense from state Sen. Mallory McMorrow.