Hasan Piker is suddenly everywhere. Democrats and Never Trumpers, with a few notable exceptions, see him as the Next Big Thing.
It's all part of the search for the liberal Joe Rogan, as if Joe Rogan weren't the liberal Joe Rogan. What they really are searching for is the Joe Rogan who will spew as much hatred as possible in order to generate clicks and interest in this media-saturated world.
https://t.co/5Hc4hchvzM pic.twitter.com/5knA7ynONE
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 15, 2026
Piker has become the hottest new thing in Democratic blathering since Jennifer Welch, who spews the kind of hatred that the AWFLs seem to eat up.
NEW: Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch suggests the Dem establishment needs to get on board with wanting conservatives dead or else far-leftists will come “after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.”
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 28, 2025
Welch: *Plays video of protester celebrating Kirk's murder."
Welch:… pic.twitter.com/qJFSZBX8Bb
NEW: Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch suggests the Dem establishment needs to get on board with wanting conservatives dead or else far-leftists will come “after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.”
Welch: *Plays video of protester celebrating Kirk's murder."
Welch: "Listen up, Democratic establishment. You can either jump on board with this, or we're coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA. Period."
Piker is supposed to be for the bros, as Welch is for the wine moms. Edgy. In love with violence. Ready to march in the streets to kill us fascists, hate on the Joos, and slash the guts out of capitalist pigs.
Anti-capitalist Zohran Mamdani is tight with his buddy Hasan Piker who thinks this about property owners who don’t rent:
— Jean (@queens_parents) September 13, 2025
“Yeah kill them! KiII those motherf*ckrs and muder those motherf*ckrs in the streets…let the streets soak in their red f*ing capitalist bloods” 😳 pic.twitter.com/N8VQ4jIRIl
After Charlie Kirk died, The New York Times asked Piker to write an essay about it. Zohran Mamdani campaigned with him, and Piker is now making appearances with other candidates, and it appears to be working with their base.
Hasan Piker celebrates being given a copy Mao’s Little Red Book in China.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 9, 2026
His friend next to him: “This is more important than the Bible!”
This is who Democrat Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning with. pic.twitter.com/LZVCmn3v8f
Piker is being invited to speak at Yale, where he explains why the Soviet Union was great to have around, and one of his most cherished possessions is a first edition of Mao's Little Red Book, gifted to him during a trip to China.
INSANE: Yale University, who takes MILLIONS of TAXPAYER DOLLARS, invited leftist streamer Hasan Piker to speak to students about "ENDING the American Empire" with VlOLENCE
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 15, 2026
We need to stop funding these communist indoctrination camps IMMEDIATELY.
PIKER: "Empires never die… pic.twitter.com/uvKDTcuHQy
INSANE: Yale University, who takes MILLIONS of TAXPAYER DOLLARS, invited leftist streamer Hasan Piker to speak to students about "ENDING the American Empire" with VlOLENCE
We need to stop funding these communist indoctrination camps IMMEDIATELY.
PIKER: "Empires never die quietly. We must END the American empire regardless. But we must manage the retreat of a superpower from the world stage. This is a challenge for our time."
"If we do not do this, the American empire will come to an end in a much more violent way."
This guy wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for birthright citizenship.
Piker loves Hamas, is fine with terrorists raping and murdering Jews, and thinks violence is necessary to destroy Western liberalism.
CNN's @DanaBashCNN: "Hasan Piker is excusing sexual violence by Hamas terrorists. He also claims Hamas is, quote, 'a thousand times better than Israel.' Hamas is a designated terror organization, not just by the U.S., but by the EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand." pic.twitter.com/Z0QKorD8Uz
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) April 8, 2026
Even the Democrats' "moderates" are trying to sanewash Piker, with Ezra Klein, who claims to want to bring Democrats closer to the center, running cover for him.
Hasan Piker frequently praises Chairman Mao, Hezbollah and the Chinese Communist Party. So it’s only natural that Ezra Klein - the leading intellectual light of the Democratic Party’s moderate wing - embrace him in the New York Times.
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) April 13, 2026
He’s supposed to be the leading intellectual… pic.twitter.com/kAxT9Ytm2H
Gee, it would be better if our guys weren't calling for murdering Jews and conservatives, but then again...
He has referred to his critics as “ultra-Zionist pigs” and “Israel-first monsters.”
Yet Piker, who is somehow a more cartoonish version of even the laziest caricature of champagne socialism, remains welcome in Democratic circles.
Democratic candidates court his endorsement.
We’re a long way from Bill Clinton’s performative appeal to the center with his famous Sister Souljah moment.
In industries where progressives enjoy a healthy majority, the pattern repeats.
Piker is invited to Oscar parties.
Media publish plush profiles and glossy fashion spreads on him.
This week he even spoke at Yale University, where he proclaimed, “The fall of the USSR was one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.”
And Piker is merely a dot on a much longer trendline.
His style of progressive fanaticism is rampant among the Democratic elite, bubbling up in all directions.
In the news media, loons like Joy Reid claim the United States is only “marginally better” than Iran on women’s rights.
Mehdi Hasan avers that, in the war in Iran, the ayatollah is Ukraine and the US is Russia.
It's the whole Luigi Mangione spiel, or the comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. "I don't approve of violence, but..."
A painting of Donald Trump’s severed head on a platter was found for sale alongside decorative Molotov cocktails at a Pride event in Provo hosted by the Cougar Pride Center, which describes itself as an “LGBTQ resource for BYU students.” pic.twitter.com/JsXh9lhl4E
— Kai Schwemmer (@KaiSchwemmer) April 15, 2026
Democrats are sharing marches against Trump with Hamas supporters, the Communist Party, and lining up to take turns beheading or beating effigies of Donald Trump.
White liberal BOOMER with Anti-Trump sign that says “Worst President,” calls Black Conservative THE N-WORD!!
— Just Jen ℞ 🫡🇺🇸 (@JustJenRX) April 13, 2026
TWICE!!! pic.twitter.com/WENjUL1eKT
The common thread is an embrace of hatred. It is always couched as hatred of bad people who hurt good people, but what it really is is pure hatred. All you need to know to prove that is the same people who claim to defend all women covered for Eric Swalwell, and Harvey Weinstein, and Teddy Kennedy...
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— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 7, 2026
Democrat spokesperson Hasan Piker said it was "funny" that two American fighter pilots were shot down by Iran:
"Bro this is so funny…it’s gonna be quite difficult for me to feel a sense of sympathy for American Air Force pilots when I know what they’re doing." pic.twitter.com/J5YyPplico
Graham Platner is the preferred candidate of Democrats in Maine, and he has a Nazi tattoo, which may be one of his least offensive qualities. Hasan Piker is now the spokesman for the left, with candidates flocking to be on his show or feature him at their rallies.
Senator Fetterman slams members of the Democrat party for associating with Hasan Piker.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 15, 2026
“I mean, my God, you have many in my party, they're proud to do events with Hasan Piker. This is the individual that said that America deserved 9/11.” pic.twitter.com/DBpXQyAt6S
There are a few Democrats who reject the idea of going down this path, but they are becoming lonely voices. Democrats as a group think that this is the way to win, and are just fine with that.
And they call us the Nazis.
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