Far-left streamer Hasan Piker tried to laugh off the charge that he and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed hate America.
In a recent clip he said it was “completely ridiculous” and “laughable” to claim that “guys like myself, guys like Abdul Al Sayed, we hate America.”
Then the internet did what it always does.
An older clip — circulating since at least 2022 — shows Piker saying the opposite, out loud, with no hedge:
“I say I hate America all the time. A lot of motherfuckers want to kill me over that tape, but at least I say it with my f**king chest. People will be like, ‘Hasan, you hate America.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I do. I do hate America.’”
That’s not a slip. That’s a declaration.
This matters because Piker has been one of El-Sayed’s most visible surrogates — campus rallies, events, online amplification — while El-Sayed tries to run as a serious general-election candidate in a tight Michigan Senate race against former Rep. Mike Rogers. After Piker’s recent comments about American Jews and Israel, El-Sayed issued distancing language. He still won’t fully cut the cord. He keeps saying the race is about “affordability,” not “a streamer in California.”
Words still count.
You don’t get to tell voters “it’s laughable that we hate America” while your own tape says you hate it and you say it with your chest. You don’t get to campaign for high office next to that voice and then pretend the record is just “gotcha politics.”
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) put it simply: hating America looks like a pattern with these two. El-Sayed’s own 9/11-anniversary post from 2021 is part of that pattern — mourning American dead one day, then framing America’s response as the greater tragedy the next.
TNC take: America-first voters are not confused. They hear the clip. They see the company a candidate keeps. And they remember that “I hate America” is not a punchline when you’re asking for power over the country you claim you don’t hate.
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