Hasan Piker event in Minnesota draws backlash and splits DFL Party week before election

An online streamer and political commentator who is a self-described socialist is visiting Minneapolis on Monday night for an event with Rep. Ilhan Omar and state Sen. Omar Fateh. His appearance a week before Election Day has drawn backlash from Republicans, but it s also split the DFL Party. Piker has previously made inflammatory comments, including that America deserved 9/11, that have drawn criticism from those across the political spectrum. Supporters, like Fateh, have called Piker a champion for the far-left while others, including Democrats like Rep. Angie Craig, have said his rhetoric is polarizing and dangerous. Some DFLers in the Minnesota Legislature also signed a message urging Piker s event in Minnesota to be canceled. The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas called the decision by Omar and Fateh to hold an event with Piker a betrayal of Jewish Minnesotans and harmful to the broader public, because of his past comments, several o