Abdul El-Sayed said he had no plans to campaign with Hasan Piker.

Semafor reported on Aug. 26 that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed told the publication he had no plans to campaign with Hasan Piker. Political Wire independently summarized the same statement the following day. These sources directly support both the attribution and the wording of the claim.politicalwire.compoliticalwire.comEl-Sayed Says ‘No Plans’ to Campaign with Hasan Pikersemafor.comsemafor.comExclusive: El-Sayed says ‘no plans’ to campaign with Piker

The statement followed several days of controversy over Piker’s comments and El-Sayed’s association with him. NBC News, The Hill and Politico reported that El-Sayed had publicly distanced his campaign from Piker and emphasized that the campaign speaks only through El-Sayed and its official representatives.nbcnews.comnbcnews.comAbdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker’s comments on Israel and...politico.compolitico.comAbdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker’s comments on American Jews+2 more

An NBC News report published about three weeks earlier said El-Sayed had not committed to campaigning either with or without Piker during the general election. That earlier position does not contradict the later statement. The Aug. 26 interview provides the more recent and specific account, while “no plans” describes an intention rather than a permanent prohibition or a guarantee that the two would never appear together.nbcnews.comnbcnews.comAbdul El-Sayed says he hopes to campaign with Obama after ‘warm and inspiring’... Some commentary framed the relationship more strongly. National Review said El-Sayed had spent months campaigning with Piker, while The Guardian described critics pressing El-Sayed to disavow him. Those reports provide context about the controversy, but they do not undermine the direct, later statement that El-Sayed said he had no plans to campaign with Piker.theguardian.comtheguardian.comFrom Hasan Piker to Jesse Watters, El-Sayed seeks to focus on affordability amid...+1 more

The claim is therefore supported as a report of what El-Sayed said on Aug. 26. It should not be expanded into a claim that he permanently severed ties with Piker or that no future joint campaign activity could occur.