{"id":45257,"date":"2026-08-14T22:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45257"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:07:06","slug":"abdul-el-sayeds-radical-half-sister-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-a-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45257","title":{"rendered":"Abdul El-Sayed&#8217;s radical half sister arrested for allegedly assaulting a cop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Controversial socialist Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing fresh scrutiny after it was revealed that his close relative is a far-left professor who was arrested on a felony charge last year for her role in an anti-ICE riot.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Eman Abdelhadi is a polarizing figure. She works as an associate professor at the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677441\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Chicago<\/a>&#8216;s Department of Comparative Human Development, and has a years-long history of landing in the national spotlight for radical activism and inflammatory statements.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She&#8217;s also El-Sayed&#8217;s half sister.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677442\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-dodges-question-whether-he-still-supports-defunding-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE ABDUL EL-SAYED DODGES QUESTION ON WHETHER HE STILL SUPPORTS DEFUNDING THE POLICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1200\/675\/eman-abdelhabi-mug.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mughsot of Eman Adbelhadi\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A mugshot of Eman Adbelhadi from Oct. 3, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Cook County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Last fall, as leftist zealots spent months protesting, sometimes violently, outside an <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677443\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/delaney-hall-protests-intensify-far-left-activists-ice-supporters-converge-new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICE detention facility<\/a> in suburban Chicago, Abdelhadi was booked after allegedly spitting on an Illinois state trooper. She was charged on Oct. 3 with two counts of aggravated battery to a government employee, a Class 3 felony, and two counts of\u00a0resisting\/obstructing peace, a Class A misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A day before her arrest, she appeared on a podcast called &#8220;Movement Memos,&#8221; which is affiliated with the far-left publication Truthout. During that interview, she recalled her previous experiences at the riots at the Broadview facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;These people are terrorizing our communities and they\u2019re setting up shop,&#8221; she said, referring to federal immigration officials. &#8220;I mean, in Broadview, ICE has been setting up shop in our backyard. Just brazenly taking up community resources to terrorize this very same community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;And so it felt really important to join protesters out there to say, not in our city, not in our name, not in our backyard,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677444\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/progressive-michigan-senate-candidates-staffer-raged-white-women-unearthed-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PROGRESSIVE MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE&#8217;S STAFFER RAGED AT WHITE WOMEN IN UNEARTHED POSTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Abdelhadi later expressed her frustration at establishment Democrats and claimed there is no wiggle room to accept <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677445\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">centrist liberals<\/a> in the left-wing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;There\u2019s no center left,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You\u2019re either resisting or you\u2019re complicit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/abdul-el-sayed-election-night-rally-detroit-fox-news_.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Abdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters at an election-night rally in Detroit, Michigan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters at an election-night rally at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 4, 2026.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">On April 17, 2025, Abdelhadi celebrated on X <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677446\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-dodges-question-whether-he-still-supports-defunding-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El-Sayed&#8217;s announcement<\/a> that he would seek elected office in his bid for Senate in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The feeling when you think you\u2019ve accomplished a lot but then your older brother runs for senate!!! In all seriousness\u2014Abdul is fighting for healthcare, housing, and an economy that serves people over oligarchs. I am a proud little sister,&#8221; she posted at the time to social media.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The pair share a mother \u2014 Fatten Elkomy \u2014 who works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and lives in Missouri. That&#8217;s where Abelhadi was raised, while El-Sayed was raised by his Egyptian-born father and American stepmother in the Detroit suburbs.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677447\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/abdul-el-sayed-doctor-detroit-americas-first-muslim-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">profile of the candidate<\/a> confirms Elkomy is El-Sayed&#8217;s mother.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Abdelhadi&#8217;s familial relationship with Elkomy is the subject of an <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677448\" href=\"https:\/\/povmagazine.com\/coming-around-review-faith-family-and-figuring-it-all-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">independent film<\/a> which explores her journey of coming out as queer in her traditionally Muslim family.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/socialists-democratic-party-zohran-mamdani.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Members of the Democratic Socialists of America rally in New York City\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside a Trump owned building during a May Day rally in New York City in 2019.<\/span> <span>(Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677449\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abdul-el-sayed-says-rallying-hasan-piker-doesnt-mean-endorses-america-deserved-911-remark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ABDUL EL-SAYED SAYS RALLYING WITH HASAN PIKER DOESN&#8217;T MEAN HE ENDORSES &#8216;AMERICA DESERVED 9\/11&#8217; REMARK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital reached out to Abdelhadi and El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign, but did not hear back by time of publication.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Before her high-profile arrest, in July 2025, Abdelhadi made headlines for cursing out her employer at the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677450\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/socialists-rising-colorado-send-marines-nominee-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socialism 2025 conference<\/a>. That conference is the largest annual gathering of collectivist leftists and describes itself as bringing thousands of &#8220;radical activists from around the country to take part in discussions about social movements, abolition, Marxism, decolonization, working-class history, and the debates and strategies for organizing today.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;F&#8212; the University of Chicago, it\u2019s evil, you know it\u2019s a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677451\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/campus-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">colonial landlord<\/a>. Like, why would I put any of my political energy into this space? I kind of had a little bit of disdain for people who spent their time doing that,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">However, Abdelhadi reasoned that teaching there was her only chance to have any power.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/931\/523\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1862\/1046\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1200\/675\/police-clash-protests-ice-chicago.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Protesters demonstrate outside Chicago-area ICE facility\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Police confront demonstrators during a protest outside the immigration processing and detention facility Oct. 11, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois.<\/span> <span>(Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677452\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-backed-socialist-primary-winner-founded-group-whose-goal-eradicate-western-civilization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST PRIMARY WINNER FOUNDED GROUP WHOSE GOAL IS TO \u2018ERADICATE&#8217; WESTERN CIVILIZATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Turns out, I work at one of the biggest employers in the city of Chicago. I work at a place that is a landlord, a healthcare provider, a police force, f&#8212; that s&#8212;, but, they are, and a place where I have access to thousands of people that I could potentially organize\u2026 actually, this is where I need to build power. That\u2019s possible structural leverage,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Despite her rant against the school and her subsequent criminal charges, the University of Chicago still employs Abdelhadi.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Abdelhadi also has a history of anti-White social media posts.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Someday I&#8217;m going to make a twitter account called profoundwhiteguy and it will be the wisdoms of a basic white boy who thinks he&#8217;s wise,&#8221; she said in a 2017 <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677453\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emanabdelhadi\/status\/916607995529891840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/ABDUL-EL-SAYED-HASAN-PIKER-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Twitch streamer Hasan Piker appeared on the campaign trail with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.<\/span> <span>(Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Yesterday at the airport, 2 white women sat at the gate then boarded our plane without masks. No one intervened. I kept thinking about how Muslims have been thrown off planes for speaking Arabic or &#8216;looking scary&#8217;. But these women actually risking our lives were left alone,&#8221; she said in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;It never ceases to amaze me that white people, statistically the safest members of our society, are also the most fearful,&#8221; she <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_6677455\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emanabdelhadi\/status\/1735049596303217049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital reached out to the Cook County Clerk of Court, but a status update on Abdelhadi&#8217;s case was not immediately available and is reportedly still pending.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Peter D&#8217;Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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