All posts tagged "Hasan Piker"

A young voter's on-camera concern about a Democratic Senate nominee left political observers stunned as a short clip ricocheted across social media.

On Thursday, journalist Richard Gaisford shared a roughly 30-second exchange with a 19-year-old voter in Detroit who was worried about the name of Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat.

"He doesn't even say his real name," the teenager said. "Like, why can't you share your real name?"...

CNN anchor Jake Tapper had to apologize to his panel after a debate about a controversial left-wing streamer became too heated.

On Thursday, Tapper had a segment about Hasan Piker and his interview with Axios that led to Piker walking off. Tapper had on Democratic political operative Karen Finney and MAGA pundit Jesse Arm, who works as the vice president of external affairs for the Manhattan Institute.

Both Finney and Arm agreed that Piker was controversial. Arm, however, irked Finney while going on about how Piker affected the Senate campaign of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, as El-Sayed is often asked about his alignment with Piker's views....

Republicans attacked one of their most targeted ideological foes by posting a picture of him in his underwear, which ultimately backfired.

At the Wednesday midterm convention in Dallas, the GOP showrunners tried to warn their audience about the politics of the left by posting a picture of progressive political commentator Hasan Piker in his underwear. Piker has often been criticized because of his far-left views, but the GOP's attack left onlookers baffled by what the party's angle must have been.

"What demographic are they going after?" asked writer Joe Flood....

GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers mixed up Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed with progressive influencer Hasan Piker on Wednesday — and swiftly drew backlash.

Rogers' response to the Democratic Senate nominee's victory attributed Piker's comments to the Michigan candidate just hours after voters cast their ballots for him.

"I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice," wrote Rogers, an Army veteran and former congressman. "Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11."...

The new sexual assault allegation against Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has prompted a response from a key player in the left-wing media ecosystem: streaming giant Hasan Piker.

According to Politico's Will Steakin, Piker reacted to the allegations live onstream, and made clear he considered it the end of Platner's ambitions for office.

"That is curtains," said Piker. "That is the trifecta. Okay, that is the trifecta of a reliable allegation. It’s holy (expletive) ... I believe this, this accusation. I believe this allegation."...

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) said he thinks progressive influencer Hasan Piker should be banned from the United States after the United Kingdom blocked his visit with fellow commentator and his uncle, Cenk Uygur, TMZ reported on Wednesday.

The MAGA lawmaker was walking on Capitol Hill when a TMZ reporter asked Fine to comment on Piker's entry to the country being revoked over the weekend. The two were scheduled to speak at the SXSW London Festival but were turned away "because of their criticism of Israel," The BBC reported.

"Well I don't think he should be allowed into America, so I think that's a good start," Fine said. ...