Gov.JB Pritzker, D-Ill., avoided multiple questions about far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Sunday as he insisted his focus was on stopping President Donald Trump in his "tracks.""I‘m not focused on the streamers and what they‘re saying.
There‘s a whole lot of them and they got a whole lot of views," Pritzker said when asked by ABC's Jonathan Karl if the Democratic Party should outright denounce the streamer, citing Piker's position that Iran having a nuclear weapon would bring more stability to the Middle East.Karl told Pritzker that Piker had a "pretty big following" online.OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS FOCUS ON HASAN PIKER 'ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS' AS SOME DEMOCRATS DEMAND DISTANCE"I understand that.I'm just saying that what I think we should be talking about and focused on is how do we stop Donald Trump in his tracks?" Pritzker responded.
"How do we make sure that we‘re putting forward an agenda that really fights for the people who need it, which are the most vulnerable, the workers, you know, the middle class who really need someone to stand up for them.That‘s why I‘m a Democrat.
That‘s why the Democratic Party exists.That‘s what we should be focused on."Illinois Gov.
JB Pritzker holds a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, to sign the Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act (HB 5295) into law.(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Karl asked Pritzker if he would accept an endorsement from Piker, before noting the streamer likely would not endorse the governor.ABDUL EL-SAYED DISMISSES QUESTIONS ABOUT HASAN PIKER TIES ON 'FACE THE NATION,' PIVOTS TO GROCERIES"Again, I‘m not focused.
I don‘t even want to talk about it.Hasan Piker doesn‘t mean anything to me or in my election," he said.Piker has done multiple interviews in recent weeks in which he's been asked about some of his controversial political stances.HASAN PIKER SAYS HE’D ‘ABSOLUTELY’ CAMPAIGN FOR AOC IN 2028 AS EL-SAYED DISTANCE...