Radical Abdul El-Sayed went on with Hasan Minhaj this week and decided to rant about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Abdul, who didn’t play sports, tried to smear Hegseth – an all-state player in Minnesota!

Radical, offensive Democrat Abdul Muhammed Al-Sayed sat down with Hasan Minhaj for an interview this week.

During the interview Al-Sayed thought it would be good to bring up Pete’s mother!

That’s where we are right now with these offensive, conscience-less Democrats, bringing up Republican moms!

He also accused Pete of “riding the pine” or sitting on the bench his entire career.

For the record, Pete Hegseth was an all-state basketball player in Minnesota. He was valedictorian of his high school and an all state basketball guard. Pete also played wide receiver in football. Pete was later inducted into his high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Hegseth chose Princeton University (over a West Point appointment) to play basketball and graduated in 2003 with a B.A. in politics. He was a four-year varsity letterman as a guard (~6’0″–6’1″, 170 lbs) on the men’s team, appearing in both the NCAA and NIT tournaments.

Abdul Muhamed Al-Sayed: Pete Hegseth, everybody knows that guy from the locker room.

He would’ve, you know, he would’ve rode the pine. He probably got to start two games his entire career playing whatever sport he was (in), and it made his life. And his parents came and cheered so hard for him.

And, as a kid whose parents never came, right, and started every game, part of me is just like, bro, I feel bad for you.

Somebody told you you were a lot better than you really are. Like, there’s something about being a brown kid whose parents, like, you know, no matter what you do, you’re never enough…

…So what that means is that you never take yourself too seriously. You’re like, I’m never gonna be enough. Right?

So you’re just like, oh, But for him, the very fact that he made the team, his mom was making cake, she was wearing his jersey, she had a cake made for him.

You know the type. So I’m like, bro, you grew up thinking that you were somehow special, but you are not. And you have been living off that fume for the rest of your life.

Could you imagine what we would’ve become if we had supportive parents who just uplifted us? For being mediocre?

Via Chuck Ross:

El-Sayed went on this bizarre rant against Pete Hegseth — claiming that Hegseth "rode the pine" in "whatever sport he played" in high school.

He invoked Hegseth’s mother (moms are fair game now, huh?), and claimed she was "the type" who would have worn her son’s jersey to games.

*Hegseth was an all-state point guard in high school in Minnesota, set various school records. He played college ball and got some floor time in the 2001 NCAA tournament. El-Sayed played club lacrosse at Michigan.*

Here’s El-Sayed’s animosity-filled diatribe against Hegseth:

"You know he would have rode the pine. He probably got to start 2 games his entire career, playing whatever sport it was."

"His parents came and cheered so hard for him."

"Bro, I feel bad for you. Somebody told you you’re a lot better than you really are."

"There’s something about being a brown kid whose parents…no matter what you do you’re never enough."

"For him, the very fact that he made the team: his mom was making cake, she was wearing his jersey, she had a cap made for him. You know the type."

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) October 30, 2026