Democrats’ shameful mainstreaming of Hasan Piker

Published April 8, 2026 6:00am ET



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His name is Hasan Piker. He’s a socialist podcaster. And the New York Times described him last year as a Ryan Gosling-meets-Tom Brady type.

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