Hasan Piker yaps about politics for eight hours a day, every day, with his 4.4 million mostly progressive young male followers on Twitch and YouTube — a career as a political commentator that earned him the nickname “Joe Rogan of the Left” and also led to him being interrogated by border agents upon returning from overseas earlier this week.
“I am unfiltered, and I also have a well-established world view that I'm unafraid of saying out loud and defending,” Piker told The Independent in an interview recently. A vocal critic of President Donald Trump, his administration, and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza — Piker has also scorned the Democratic Party in its current dilapidated state, saying that he believes many Americans are desperate for them to provide a genuine opposition to Trump and his fascist tendencies. “I want these guys to fight, and I think there's a lot of appetite for these guys to fight for the best of their ability,” he said.
