[Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language.]
Rolling Stone Magazine is fawning over socialist Hasan Piker, who said that “America deserved 9/11.”
The magazine ran a cover piece on Piker, who has campaigned with Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14).
Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?@hasanthehun's incendiary clips about Israel have brought flak from both sides of the aisle. But what he wants, he says, is to make people listen.
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 9, 2026
Read: https://t.co/z0NREKp0mG pic.twitter.com/zLZUVEk0jx
When asked about his remarks about America and 9/11, Piker told Rolling Stone:
“I stream for eight hours a day, seven days a week,” Piker said. “I’m gonna say some dumb s**t."
As Hasan Piker's audience has grown, he’s also become a target. The New York Post sent a drone to photograph his house; he says Fox News has someone whose sole job is to watch his stream and take notes.
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 9, 2026
“I’m like the new transgender or the War Against Christmas,” he says to… pic.twitter.com/2pRg8wxZrn
Over the weekend, El-Sayed told Meet the Press that Piker’s comment about 9/11 was some “dumb thing that someone said out of context.”
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed says his campaign spokesperson Hasan Piker saying "America deserved 9/11" is just some "dumb thing somebody said out of context."
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 9, 2026
What is wrong with him? pic.twitter.com/0SHdav1nrh
Hasan Piker: “America deserved 9/11. I do not support the United States of America.”
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 4, 2026
Currently campaigning with Abdul El-Seyed. pic.twitter.com/LDjizrQgVN
Piker makes money by streaming for hours a day and saying inflammatory things to his millions of followers. Piker has called on his followers to kill capitalists, among other things.
Hasan Piker calls on his followers to kill capitalists:
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 5, 2026
“Yeah kill them! KiII those motherfuckers and murder those motherfuckers in the streets. Let the streets soak in their fucking red capitalist blood, dude.”
Democrats are campaigning with him. pic.twitter.com/YiZxGgRkgc
Rolling Stone asks: “Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?”
— Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) August 9, 2026
After reading the article, I have a different question:
Why is Rolling Stone so scared to scrutinize him?
This isn’t an investigation. It’s a makeover.
Hasan says “America deserved 9/11,” says “Hamas is a thousand… https://t.co/lxl5BDD4nf
Democrat politicians hope to gain the support of Piker's followers after many young men have stopped supporting Democrat candidates.
AOC dodges when asked if there is room for Hasan Piker in her party.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 9, 2026
ABC: Hasan Piker endorsed Abdul El-Sayed, you've been on his livestream, he's said "America deserved 9/11," should he have a roll in the progressive movement going forward?
AOC: "We have lost young people..." pic.twitter.com/1Qr0WUNsvD
Hasan Piker’s mom tells Rolling Stone she shares his politics, with a few exceptions: “I’m not in love with China like he is."
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 9, 2026
Sometimes she wishes he would tone it down or not joke so much: “I worry about him. The internet is a very savage place.”
Read:… https://t.co/pnLVuSXKvM pic.twitter.com/4HJMUwLUO1
Hasan Piker is back in Michigan today for his comrade Abdul El-Sayed. pic.twitter.com/Fzw3zrFh4y
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) August 3, 2026
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