Muslim Politicians Face Backlash
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CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal
How it changed
- 31 Aug
The most acute example of this dynamic emerged when El-Sayed sought to address his association with Piker, the Twitch personality who in 2019 declared that "America deserved 9/11" before later retracting the remark.
- 3 Sep
Ever since Piker began stumping for Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the pivotal Michigan Senate race, the progressive influencer has been the focus of outsized coverage by both the mainstream and right-wing news networks.
Coverage 6 articles
9 Sep Why Are Democrats Allowing Republicans to Smear Their Most Popular Politician? Because He’s Muslim
Zeteo
6 Sep Abdul El-Sayed uses speech to talk about Muslim faith and American identity
Al Jazeera
6 Sep Commentary: The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-Sayed
Los Angeles Times
3 Sep CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal
The Intercept
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