Jacky Rosen condemns Piker's remarks about American Jews
Jacky RosenU.S. senator from Nevada and co-chair of the bipartisan Senate antisemitism task force
Sen. Jacky Rosen said in a post on X that Hasan Piker had been trafficking in antisemitic tropes for a while and that his latest remarks were a new low. She said that blaming Jewish Americans for the violence and hate they face is wrong and gives an excuse to those who commit anti-Jewish hate crimes.
“Hasan Piker has been trafficking in antisemitic tropes for a while but even this is a new low Blaming Jewish Americans for the violence and hate they’re facing is not just wrong, it provides an excuse to those perpetuating these anti-Jewish hate crimes. Let me be absolutely clear: crimes against Jews for being Jews is antisemitism plain and simple. There’s no excuse for it.”
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Hasan Piker’s August 20 remarks and Larry Klayman’s lawsuit
Hasan Piker’s August 20 remarks about American Jews and Israel prompted disagreement over whether he was warning about antisemitic violence or implicitly threatening Jews. Larry Klayman later filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $150 million over the remarks.
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Fox News Digital report on responses from Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Jacky Rosen to Hasan Piker's remarks about American Jews and Israel. It quotes Rosen's post on X.
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Jewish Insider report on Democratic lawmakers' responses to Hasan Piker's remarks and to Abdul El-Sayed's distancing from Piker. It quotes statements from Rep. Brad Schneider, Sen. Jacky Rosen and other members of Congress.
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Fox News reported that Piker told his viewers the week before, "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews." Rosen's post responded to those remarks.
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Fox News reported that Sen. Elissa Slotkin also condemned Piker's remarks. Jewish Insider reported that other Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Ritchie Torres, criticized them as well.
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Why this label?
The case asks how people responded to Piker's August 20 remarks about American Jews and Israel, including whether they read them as a warning or as an implicit threat. Rosen called the remarks a new low and said that blaming Jewish Americans for the violence and hate they face is wrong and gives an excuse to those who commit anti-Jewish hate crimes. That rejects the remarks directly, so we labeled it Condemned.
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Read the full caseHasan Piker calls Abdul El-Sayed’s distancing insincere
“I think he is making a mistake with taking ownership over something that I think most voters understand is insincere.”Read statement
Abdul El-Sayed says he disavows Hasan Piker’s remarks
“Absolutely… when Hasan made these comments about Jewish Americans and Jewish Michiganders, I disavowed them entirely.”Read statement
Klayman reiterates his condemnation of Piker after filing suit
“He is effectively a terrorist who has said that “America deserved 9/11”, and I am suing him for his calls to violence against Jews and Christians who support the State of Israel.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "Jacky Rosen condemns Piker's remarks about American Jews". First published: 2026-09-30. Last updated: 2026-09-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/3353-sen-jacky-rosen-said-in-a-post-on