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Far-left streamer Hasan Piker is drawing backlash for dividing Americans into "good Whites and the bad Whites," while outlining his strategy to win over conservative voters in a recent interview.The New Jersey-born political influencer said that while he considers himself a Westernized "White guy," he distinguishes himself from "bad" White people."Wisconsin has the good kind of White folk.Not the libertarian streak of White folk," he told New York Magazine.
"Like, Texas has the libertarian streak of White folk.Wisconsin is, like, German, Dutch, old trade unionists."HASAN PIKER ADMITS HE HAS 'DIALED DOWN' HIS OPINIONS AFTER PUBLIC AND DEMOCRATIC BACKLASHHasan Piker at a press conference during Web Summit Vancouver at Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada.
(Sam Barnes/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)HASAN PIKER TORCHED OVER PLAYBOOK TO DODGE HIS PAST CONTROVERSIES: 'BATS--- CRAZY'Piker, 35, contended that Democrats have failed to target these strains of White conservatives, but optimistically noted that they can be "mobilized.""The kind of White folks — maybe the Democrats haven’t been able to successfully target them or give them something and they’ve since forgotten their roots, but they could be mobilized," he told the outlet.The self-described Marxist streamer theorized that "bad Whites" became conservative after falling victim to a "propaganda apparatus" that convinced them Democrats had not improved their lives.Hasan Piker, left, listens as U.S.Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks before a campaign rally, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)"Maybe at some point, due to Reagan neoliberalism and unbelievable amounts of culture war, a fairly successful reactionary propaganda apparatus that is constantly churning out slop, people got duped, where they’re like, ‘Yeah, maybe the Democrats aren’t really invested in our well-being; maybe it is the Mexicans who need to b...