El-Sayed ignites firestorm after sharing 9/11 message on social media: 'Piece of sh--'

Abdul El-Sayed , the Democratic candidate for U.S.

Senate in Michigan, sparked social media backlash after posting his 9/11 message on his X account.

"They didn’t just attack America that day they attacked the idea of America," El-Sayed said .

"The notion of a nation brought together by ideals — a place where freedom and commitment to justice bind us, even if, at times, we struggle to fully realize it, the controversial far-left candidate continued.

"Today on 9/11 we remember the lives that were taken from us in a terrible act of terrorism." CBS NEWS TAKES HEAT OVER REPORT ON DEM HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED'S NOW-DELETED 9/11 POSTS Online viewers quickly reminded El-Sayed of his friendship with Hasan Piker , the progressive streamer who has gone viral multiple times for previously claiming that the U.S.

"deserved 9/11." "Shut up, you FRAUD," the Libs of TikTok, a conservative X account that focuses on key social and cultural issues, said in a post on Friday.

Steve Guest, a frequent political commentator and a former staffer for Sen.

Ted Cruz , R-Texas, echoed the criticism in a post of his own, posting a picture of Piker and El-Sayed standing together.

"This you?" Guest wrote.

He also included a caption on the photo with another one of Piker’s quotes.

"‘I hate America… at least I say it with my f---ing chest,’" the picture’s caption read.

"Campaigning with a guy who said we deserved 9/11… his brazen dishonesty makes him all the bigger piece of sh--," GOP consultant Ryan Girdusky posted on X.

"You’re a disgrace.

You remain unwilling to disavow your chief spokesman who said "America deserved 9/11," National Republican Senatorial Committee communications director Joanna Rodriguez posted on X.