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The Real Reason Hasan Piker Is Gaining Power

2026-04-03 News & Politics
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Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell give their takes over one of the biggest questions facing Democrats right now: what to do about Hasan Piker? Should the party engage with voices on the far left to reach angry, anti-war voters or draw a hard line against rhetoric they see as toxic and illiberal? The two debate whether Democrats are picking the wrong fight at the wrong time, how to talk to audiences outside the traditional coalition, and whether engaging controversial figures risks amplifying them. Read more from Lauren’s piece: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-big-is-the-democrats-big-tent-hasan-piker-litmus-test Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

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@AlerieHightower 2026-04-03

I get how polarizing Hasan Piker is, but Sarah calling Mamdani a "malign actor" shows how completely out of touch she is.

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@christineg3905 2026-04-03

Now Zohran is a maligned actor?? Holy shit she is so uninformed.

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@Lindy-27 2026-04-03

Basically Tim is saying we should be madder about the people who are killing people than the people who are saying things we don’t like.

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@gnash.s 2026-04-03

why do these recovering republicans get to decide who does and does not belong in the democratic party? they are one moderate republican candidate for president away from rejoining the republican party again. the absolute entitlement and arrogance of it is enraging

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@voidwraithprime8521 2026-04-03

I don't think Sarah could have given her book a worse testimonial than her comments in this video. "Read a book about influencing people from someone who doesn't understand the current moment at all." Her publishers must be enthused

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@KyloRoy0607 2026-04-03

As an independent I say vote out anyone that has Israel first and the Americans srcond

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@theupperroom52 2026-04-04

The problem with the war isn't PROCEDURAL!!!!! FOR FUCKS SAKE!!! THE FUCKING MONEY OR LACK OF SHOULDN'T BE OUR BIG CRITIQUE.......................

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@ranikesa2329 2026-04-04

Sarah is blind. She cannot accept that the tide has shifted in Israel. Support is never unconditional. Disagreeing with another country is NOT ANTISEMITIC so there is space for us to say things passionately. You cannot take snippets out of context. If you keep these blinders on you will push the people you need away.

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@ThePublicWorksChannel 2026-04-04

Over the course of this video, Sarah Longwell calls Zohran Mamdani a "malign actor", attacks Hasan Piker as the left's Nick Fuentes, and attacks Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar as some kind of lunatic fringe in the party. Honestly you can make at least as strong an argument for Longwell's islamaphobia as for Piker's antisemitism. Especially when you add her apologia for israel.

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@mewllie6004 2026-04-04

6:52 you are literally driving away voters with every word, because you can’t look past your nose to see what you might not understand.

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