{"id":45337,"date":"2026-08-14T22:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45337"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:55:47","slug":"defend-me-hasan-piker-begs-establishment-democrats-to-help-him-as-the-gop-piles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45337","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Defend Me\u2019: Hasan Piker Begs Establishment Democrats to Help Him As the GOP Piles On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5741196\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5741196\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5741196\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/piker.jpg\" alt=\"Hasan Piker\" width=\"1686\" height=\"977\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5741196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot via Twitch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Highly controversial progressive streamer <strong>Hasan Piker<\/strong> demanded establishment Democrats come to his defense this week, warning that the GOP will weaponize him to the detriment of the left as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know we don&#8217;t always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to, literally, at some point\u2014I know you don&#8217;t want to do this\u2014defend me,\u201d said Piker, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/trouble_man90\/status\/2041584094933385573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">savagely attacked<\/a> leading Democrats in recent years, including 2024 presidential nominee<strong> Kamala Harris.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot because you love what I have to say, not because I&#8217;m a part of this coalition, even though I am, whether you like it or not, but you are going to inevitably have to say, \u2018This is a ridiculous conversation that we&#8217;re having,\u2019 because the real conversation that Republicans don&#8217;t wanna have is the cost of living crisis. That requires you, at some point, to basically take the L a little bit, okay, and maybe be a little more honest about how I&#8217;m not this dangerous, toxic, radical force,&#8221; Piker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/socialistadri\/status\/2087694156437111078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/piker-demands-democrats-defend-him-from-attacks-claims-hes-no-toxic-radical-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adding<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not expecting you to defend clips out of context or anything like that. I&#8217;m not even expecting you to defend some of these statements at all. I think you should probably attack the form\u2014you should attack the form, you should attack the function.<\/p>\n<p>You should probably attack the very reason as to why Republicans have made this, or are trying to make this, a salient line of attack, instead of just allowing the Republicans to consistently make this the number one fucking issue. Because every moment that the Republicans are talking about this and you&#8217;re leaning into it is another f*cking moment where you&#8217;re not talking about the issues. And it will actually become a salient narrative, and it will be awful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Piker, who joined the campaign trail for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, has been a lightning rod of controversy in recent years. He has long raised eyebrows and received condemnation from both sides of the aisle for his bombastic rhetoric, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/opinion\/america-is-the-top-terrorist-media-should-not-solicit-electoral-advice-from-hasan-piker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a>\u00a0the U.S. deserved 9\/11 to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/popular-video-platform-twitch-aimed-teens-young-adults-rife-terrorist-propaganda-extremism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">minimizing<\/a>\u00a0the October 7th terror attacks in Israel to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/hasan-piker-declares-i-dont-have-any-patriotism-for-america-while-streaming-from-tiananmen-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">praising<\/a>\u00a0China\u2019s government as superior to the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s <strong>Harry Enten<\/strong> broke down recent polling surrounding El-Sayed and warned of his &#8220;historic&#8221; unpopularity in the state going into the general election against former Rep. <strong>Mike Rogers<\/strong> (R-MI). &#8220;This is extremely unusual. Again, across the map. Democrats have done such a good job recruiting candidates who are well-liked by the voters,&#8221; Enten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/cnn-data-guru-flags-troubling-number-for-democrats-that-may-predict-mike-rogers-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a>, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Again, I looked at all the Fox News polls. All the Democrats were above water except for Abdul El-Sayed. And he is 13 points underwater. This is all about Abdul El-Sayed being a weak candidate, at least in the minds of the voters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hong narrowly lost her primary battle earlier in the week to <strong>David Crowley<\/strong>, who has since insisted he will not campaign with Piker.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/defend-me-hasan-piker-begs-establishment-democrats-to-help-him-as-the-gop-piles-on\/\">\u2018Defend Me\u2019: Hasan Piker Begs Establishment Democrats to Help Him As the GOP Piles On<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot via Twitch Highly controversial progressive streamer Hasan Piker demanded establishment Democrats come to his defense this week, warning that the GOP will weaponize him to the detriment of the left as a whole. \u201cI know we don&#8217;t always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to, literally, at some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/piker.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}