# When asked whether there were any views held by Hasan Piker that he disavowed, Abdul El-Sayed answered, 'I'm not here to disavow people's views.'

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Canonical: https://kleory.com/news/cases/xnews-190a90c3ef1a/

## Receipts
- 2026-08-06T17:28:31.724Z: El-Sayed Faces Backlash Over Refusing to Renounce 9/11 Comment Ally
- 2026-08-06T17:28:31.724Z: screenshot_timestamp
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: subject_identity
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: El-Sayed answered an off-camera journalist's question about whether he disavowed any views held by Hasan Piker.
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: RNC Research published the retained excerpt with its own characterization; the off-camera journalist's identity was not confirmed.
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: When asked whether there were any views held by Hasan Piker that he disavowed, Abdul El-Sayed answered, 'I'm not here to disavow people's views.'
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: Directly fetched video post retains the journalist's question and El-Sayed's partial answer.
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: Yahoo's retained report says Piker later stated that he did not literally mean America deserved the attacks and called his wording inappropriate.
- 2026-08-06T17:38:00.000Z: The excerpt establishes El-Sayed's answer and Piker's earlier statement, while competing characterizations of what El-Sayed endorsed remain unresolved without the full interview and a direct clarification.