08/15/2026
Hasan Piker is making a big demand of Democrats: Defend me.
The far-left streamer insists he's part of their coalition "whether you like it or not" as criticism of his rhetoric becomes an issue in key midterm races.
"Democrats, listen to me, I know we don't always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to literally, at some point — I know you don't want to do this — defend me.”
"That requires you to basically to take the L a little bit and maybe be a bit more honest about how I'm not this dangerous, toxic radical force.”
But some Democrats want him disavowed instead. A former Biden White House staffer says the party shouldn't waste political capital defending Piker, while Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley says he won't campaign with him.
Piker argues Republicans are using the controversy to distract from the cost-of-living crisis.