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Day: September 21, 2026

Critics pounce as prominent Dem senator seems to make admission about party’s far-left ‘fringe’

Critics pounce as prominent Dem senator seems to make admission about party’s far-left ‘fringe’

Sen. Cory Booker’s response to a question about Abdul El-Sayed’s election campaign in Michigan has some online observers questioning whether the Democratic Party’s elected officials are behind the socialist-adjacent candidate. The Democrat from New Jersey joined Kristen Welker on ABC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, when he was asked a wide variety of policy questions along with a question about President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds. But the question about El-Sayed stole the show. “Senator, you see there in our polls that socialism is viewed even more negatively than the ‘MAGA movement,’” Welker began. “President Trump is trying to paint progressives, and frankly all Democrats, as socialists, and we’re seeing one of the big battles play out for progressivism in Michigan right now with Abdul El-Sayed… do you think Democrats are drawing a firm enough line between themselves and socialism?” MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE ENDORSED BY AOC AND BERNIE SANDERS INSISTS HE’S NOT A SOCIALIST “Again, this is really what the Republicans want to do — focus on a few fringe people,” Booker replied. He then diverted away from discussing the party establishment’s fracture with far-left candidates and pivoted to attacking Trump’s economic and foreign policies. “I serve in the United States Senate and I could go through my colleagues, left and right,” Booker said. “What we want right now is to end these reckless tariffs and drive down prices, to end this war to drive down prices, to give a tax plan for this country that puts more money in working peoples’ pockets and ends the giveaways to the wealthiest of Americans.” Political observers on X quickly seized on the response, claiming that Booker is too late in the push to try and distinguish the Democratic Party from its far-left fringe and the rise in socialist candidates in this year’s midterm elections. “Oops,” radio show host Jason Rantz said simply of Booker’s comments to Welker. “A day late and a dollar short,” said Trump Media & Technology Group communications adviser Katie Zacharia. “Senator Booker is trying to disassociate as the ‘Big Tent’ burns.” She added that the senator should have condemned socialism outright, claiming the “Dem party [is] in disarray.” SEE IT: DEM SENATORS RALLY BEHIND EL-SAYED BUT DUCK QUESTIONS ON PROGRESSIVE AGENDA “I really wonder what the internals they showed those senators in DC said,” said author Carl Paulus, speculating that polling within the Democratic Party could suggest that the far left is dragging them down and causing sitting lawmakers to change their tune with just weeks until November’s election. Booker was one of several senators who met with El-Sayed during a trip to Washington, D.C., last week. After the meeting, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., El-Sayed’s campaign described the gathering as “warm.” “We’re united in the fact that we have to win Michigan. Whatever our difference is, our agreement on the importance of winning Michigan to take back the Senate majority [is] overwhelming,” El-Sayed told MS NOW of the meeting. “We had a warm meeting, good conversation, and I know that we left that conversation committed to doing what we need to do to take on different perspectives. And I also know that the things that bring us together are so much bigger than any of the disagreements that we have.” Fox News Digital reached out to Booker’s office and the El-Sayed campaign but did not hear back at time of publication.

Social media erupts over Hasan Piker post targeting Brandon Gill’s wife

Social media erupts over Hasan Piker post targeting Brandon Gill’s wife

Hasan Piker is facing a barrage of criticism online after targeting the wife of Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, in a brief but pointed post on X over the weekend. Gill first went after Piker over an interview with Axios where the left-wing provocateur declared the U.S. was worse than al Qaeda in terms of terror committed around the world. He posted on X in response to Piker, “Hasan Piker is the poster child for why we need to end birth tourism. He was born in America to Turkish nationals, was raised back in Turkey to hate western civilization, and now spends his time working to make America weaker and our enemies stronger.” Piker then shot back, “your wife is indian.” RADICAL EL-SAYED ALLY DOUBLES DOWN ON ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC WITH STUNNING TERRORIST COMPARISON Gill’s father-in-law, right-wing filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, was among those who responded to Piker on X: “She’s Christian, born in America and her mom is white. Care to show us a picture of your family?” The congressman himself also responded to Piker, “My wife is an American, born in America to American citizens. She deeply loves our nation and its culture. You, on the other hand, were born to foreign invaders and want to turn America into the third world culture you were raised in, while advocating for communism at your $3 million mansion in between electrocuting your dog.” HASAN PIKER CALLS BIN LADEN A ‘SPOILED BRAT,’ LABELS 9/11 ‘BLOWBACK’ IN AXIOS INTERVIEW Gill’s colleagues also joined in piling on Piker. “Wrong. She’s a patriotic American, and you’re a terrorist (sympathizer) who hates this country and wants to destroy it. See the difference?” Rep. Riley Moore, R-W. Va., wrote online. UNIVERSITY EVENT WITH HASAN PIKER IN TEXAS DRAWS BACKLASH FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE Another commenter wrote, “i don’t know why Hasan is being racist all of the sudden but okay.” Internet Accountability Project attorney Will Chamberlain said of Gill’s wife, “she’s an American patriot, while you are a Turkish adversary.” Trump ally Alex Bruesewitz wrote, “You don’t get it and you never will.” Others, however, lashed out at Piker’s detractors. Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., wrote on X in response to D’Souza, “Imagine having to say ‘her mom is white’ for street cred[.] The self hating MAGA thing is so weird.”