Hasan Piker

American political commentator (born 1991)

Hasan Piker is a political commentator who supports left-wing politics. Piker is Cenk Uygur’s nephew and used to work for The Young Turks. Piker is a popular creator on Twitch where he uses the nickname “HasanAbi”. Piker has "debated" Michael Knowles.

Controversies

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In 2019, Piker made a video commenting on Joe Rogan’s interview with Dan Crenshaw and, in the video, he said that “I’m just gonna say it. America deserved 9/11”. Piker later said his comment was satire. The YouTuber Destiny and some others accused Piker of anti-Semitism because of Piker’s support of Hamas in the Israel–Hamas war. Piker says he’s not an anti-Semite but is an anti-Zionist.