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Hasan Piker rips New York Jewish voters' shift away from Democrats…

Piker's remarks came as Democrats court New York voters ahead of the midterms; critics say he flattened a whole community into one issue.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCommentator Hasan Piker is facing accusations of antisemitism after saying Jewish voters are leaving the Democratic Party solely over Israel policy.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is in New York tonight.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing on a busy block in Brooklyn, Hank, where the evening commute is going past me and the bagel shop behind me has a line out the door.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentFox News reports Piker said the shift is about Israel and nothing else, and critics answered that he was reducing an entire community to one issue.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSolely is a big word for a very big group of people.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIt is, and I spent the last twenty minutes trying to find one person who fits it.

  7. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI asked three people on this sidewalk for their reasons.

  8. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe first said rent. The second said her commute, which she called a crime.

  9. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe third just wanted to know whether I was in line for the everything bagel.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo, three answers.

  11. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThree answers, none of them Israel, though I will say my sample is small, and one of them was mostly about sesame seeds.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA small sample is still more reporting than a hot take usually gets.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI would hate to see the word solely go out without a union.

  14. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentNobody out here agrees on one reason for anything tonight, Hank.

  15. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe only thing the whole block agreed on was the line for the bagels, so solely was right about that.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRex, I hear you have a scoreboard where everyone finally agrees, and I'm told it's not close.

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