Fetterman rips into Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed: ‘He supports Sharia Law!’

WASHINGTON, DC: Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, didn’t hold back on ‘Hannity.’

He called out Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, for backing Sharia law and siding with Iran and Hamas. Fetterman also took aim at El-Sayed’s previous ties to Hasan Piker, a left-wing streamer known for stirring up controversy over comments about 9/11.

Fetterman warns of broader party risk

"He supports Sharia Law! He's pro-Iran. And pro-Hamas," Fetterman said, adding that El-Sayed had also called for defunding the police.

"He's in a spiritual union with Hasan Piker, who thinks we deserve 9/11," Fetterman said.

He also accused El-Sayed of aligning himself with ideologies Fetterman said were incompatible with mainstream Democratic politics, saying, "I don't get along with communists, socialists and people who hate America. People who pick on women like El-Sayed."

El-Sayed squeezed past Rep. Haley Stevens in the August 4 Democratic primary, grabbing the nomination to take on Republican Mike Rogers this November.

Not long after, Fetterman warned that the party’s far-left factions, like the Democratic Socialists of America, risk handing easy victories to Republicans if Democrats ignore them.

"They wanna impoverish middle-class whites and seize production. They're anti-the American way of life," Fetterman said of the DSA, adding, "Every single Dem should condemn the DSA. They should have their own party and run alone as the communists and anti-American party that they are."

Tight race adds to party tension

El-Sayed pushed back on specific criticisms from Fetterman and others.

He distanced himself from Piker’s remarks about September 11 but still faces questions from his party about how close he really was to Piker.

Coming to his own statements on policing, El-Sayed says critics have ignored the context and made his views look simpler than they actually are.

He’s also addressed questions about his Sharia-compliant mortgage, calling it a personal faith-based financial decision, not some statement about wanting Sharia law in government.

The Michigan Senate race is neck-and-neck as fall approaches.

Recent polls show El-Sayed and Rogers are basically tied, with less than a point between them.

Fetterman’s comments just add to the ongoing tension in the Democratic Party about how to deal with progressive candidates, especially in battleground states where every seat could decide the Senate majority. El-Sayed’s campaign hasn’t responded to Fetterman’s remarks yet.

Fetterman also said towards the end, “I would think every single Democrat should condemn the DSA. This is not like a big tent situation. They should have their own entire party and run alone as the kinds of communists and socialists an anti-american party that they are.”