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Far-left streamer Hasan Piker took a victory lap on Tuesday, celebrating what he dubbed a “blue-clear apocalypse.”Piker livestreamed on Twitch for more than 13 hours, offering real-time political commentary as Democrats took control of the House and Senate and won several key gubernatorial races.The stream, which at times drew more than 200,000 viewers, featured everything from Piker celebrating young voters who “duped” their parents into voting for socialists to calls for Republicans to land in prison.“Trumpism is dying, and I could not feel any better,” Piker told his audience.
At one point, he suggested, “Just imagine a world where Donald Trump is in f—ing prison.” “This is perhaps the worst possible scenario for the Republican Party, I think their odious agenda, their corruption, the destabilizing impact that they’ve had, the endless warfare and its consequences on the American economy are finally coming back to bite them,” Piker added.“I think this might truly be the end of MAGA.”The controversial streamer offered a steady stream of criticism aimed at conservatives, although it’s sometimes unclear if he’s exaggerating for effect or simply trolling his critics.
As it became clear that Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates and their allies were having a successful night, Piker expressed frustration that too many moderate Democrats were on ballots across the nation.“We should have been way more active, we should have f—ing ran socialists in every f—ing primary, dude.We should have been running socialists in every primary.
I mean, look, I’m happy with what we’ve got result-wise, but we should have been running straight communists in some of these blue districts,” Piker said.“And running the moderate-socialist wing of the DSA in these other ones.”Throughout the night, Piker joked about throwing people in jail for misgendering, took celebratory shots of Japanese whiskey, repeatedly declared “woke is...