In politics, refuting your opponent requires poking holes in their argument or, as is often the case, taking something they said out of context and wildly exaggerating it. But another approach, apparently, is to make an arena full of your supporters genuflect before the nearly nude, muscled form of your latest cultural villain, Hasan Piker.
The veneration of the left-wing streamer’s thirst-trap image, which recently happened on the opening night of the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention, wasn’t the first time in recent memory that an attempt to Own the Libs turned into a moment to appreciate the other side’s . . . appeal. Who said bipartisanship is dead?