US senator's 9/11 statements taken out of context online

US Senator Katie Britt criticized Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over his relationship with controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker during an October 2, 2026 campaign rally. But social media posts claiming the Alabama lawmaker said the United States "deserved" the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001 are misleading; the full context of her remarks reveals that she was referencing past comments from Piker.