One of the Democratic Party’s highest-profile surrogates is causing problems for dog lovers across the country, Rep. Randy Fine (R., Fla.) told the Washington Reporter.

Anti-American Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has interviewed and rallied for Democrats from Maine to California, but Fine is using videos that purport to show Piker threatening to “f—king kill” and electro-shocking his dog, Kaya.

Fine, who introduced the Protecting Puppies from Sharia Act, told the Reporter that “the fact that Democrats will now embrace the most depraved, sick, monstrous ideology tells us everything we need to know about the November election. They’re crazy and evil and they hate America and they hate dogs. They can’t get enough of a Nazi, they can’t get enough of a dog-beater. What the hell is wrong with these people?”

Fine, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters in Congress, added that “the Democratic Party has wholeheartedly embraced Muslim terror. Hasan Piker espouses Muslim terrorism, and we should not be surprised that he tortures his dog. There’s a video I posted a few weeks ago of him telling a dog he’d kill it if it didn’t do what he wanted.”

If Fine’s analysis is right, leading Democratic candidates for president, Senate, and the House could all be in jeopardy. Both Sens. Jon Ossoff (D., Ga.) and Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.) are cosponsors of the Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025, which gives the Department of Justice (DOJ) stronger authority to go after animal abusers.

Piker is a longtime fan of Van Hollen and Ossoff; he said that both senators, along with United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) are among his top presidential candidates in 2028.

But Piker’s damage to the Democratic Party may already take place in the 2026 midterms; Abdul El-Sayed, a leading Democrat running to succeed Sen. Gary Peters (D., Mich.) has closely aligned himself with Piker, refusing to denounce any of Piker’s controversial, anti-American remarks.

El-Sayed himself has a track record of pro-animal advocacy that is complicated by his increasing reliance on Piker as a surrogate. While El-Sayed was the director of the Detroit Health Department, he took on oversight of Detroit Animal Control. While there, he laid out a plan to revamp Detroit Animal Control and improve conditions.

Piker’s history with mistreating and threatening his dog could run afoul of El-Sayed’s track record in Detroit, he said of Piker following a joint Michigan rally” “I’m not here to disavow people’s views. This whole gotcha game, platform policing, cancel culture — I thought we were over it.”

In the House, both Reps. Summer Lee (D., Pa.) and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) have closely aligned with Piker, while simultaneously leaning into pro-animal bona fides. In 2024, Lee touted an endorsement from Animal Wellness Action, which praised her work on a series of animal welfare issues. In Congress, Lee is also a cosponsor of the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act, which focuses on cracking down on animal fighting, especially animal fighting ventures. Lee joined El-Sayed and Piker for an April rally.

Another Democratic lawmaker who closely aligns with Piker is Omar, who is a sponsor alongside Lee of the Puppy Protection Act of 2025. Several weeks ago, Omar joined Piker on his livestream and pet Kaya, whom Piker is accused of abusing.

Nationally, Republicans are eager to highlight what they view as “outright hypocrisy, plain and simple” from Piker and his Democratic Party allies.

“Democrats wrap themselves in animal welfare talking points, then stand shoulder to shoulder with someone accused of abusing his own dog,” a GOP strategist told the Washington Reporter. “Their ‘principles’ vanish the moment it’s politically convenient, exposing an agenda driven by optics, not values. If they won’t hold their own allies accountable, their claims of protecting animals are nothing more than empty rhetoric.”