Lefty streamer Hasan Piker slammed by MS NOW hosts as a drag on Democratic party: Youve never elected anybody

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker clashed with two MS NOW hosts on Wednesday on multiple issues, including his political influence and his anti-Israel stance, as Symone Sanders Townsend told the streamer point-blank she would be telling candidates she worked for to absolutely “disavow” him.“I used to work campaigns, Hasan, and I have to tell you, if I was a strategist or a consultant or the political director on one of these campaigns, I would absolutely be telling my people to disavow you,” Sanders Townsend told Piker in an interview on her “Clock It” podcast, which she co-hosts with Eugene Daniels.“I really would, because we wanna win! We wanna win, and so, like, if you’re not gonna help people win, distance.”Piker acknowledged the disagreement between them as Townsend continued, “I’ve elected people, though.

You’ve never elected anybody.”Piker also maintained his view that Israel is worse than Hamas, though he acknowledged it was a provocative statement.“I do believe that,” he said.“Is Hamas a religious fundamentalist operation that have engaged in violent actions? Of course they have, absolutely,” Piker continued.

“But that violence is directly born out of, and even that repression is directly born out of, the conditions brought about by the occupation that’s been going on for 80 plus years.”Daniels pressed the Twitch streamer on whether he understood that it sounded like he was endorsing violence by making that argument.“Do you understand that that’s how people hear it? And is that what you are endorsing?” Daniels asked.“So this, again, goes back to the same — this goes back to the same dynamic, right?” Piker said.“Structural violence and state violence is oftentimes made to be invisible.

So when Israel as a state is operating its normal state functions, and sometimes it can come across as excessive, right? It’s not seen as violent.”“It’s no different than when people protest against police vio...