Democrats prioritise condemning Hasan Piker over opposing Iran war

Centrist politicians in the UK and US are going to increasingly extreme lengths to protect the reputation of Israel. The latest example of this is a US Democrat prioritising the public condemnation of Hasan Piker — a streamer and Israel critic — over measures to stop the illegal US war on Iran:

we’re hitting a state of genuine psychosis https://t.co/ZW8wIWL5MY

— onion person (@CantEverDie) April 29, 2026

Priorities

Much like the Canary, Turkish-American Piker is a longtime critic of the state of Israel. There’s a lot to criticise, too, whether it’s the recent genocide, the years of apartheid, or whatever the fuck this is:

There is no dispute that dogs can be trained to rape people.

In Pinochet's Chile, a German Shepherd named Volodia was trained to rape inmates.

In the case of Israel, we have multiple testimonies from Palestinian detainees, as well as Israeli guards. https://t.co/S9OZuq9UFN pic.twitter.com/uEHRQtG080

— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) April 25, 2026

Israel has made itself a Jewish ethnostate, and it claims to represent the international Jewish community. This is used by Israel and its defenders to label critics of the violent and expansionist nation as ‘antisemites’. It is not antisemitic to criticise a rogue foreign state, though, and increasingly the people of the world are wise to this.

This shift in public opinion means Israel’s defenders have to conduct themselves in desperate and unhinged ways. That’s why US politicians are moving Hell and Earth to bring the power of the state down upon one of the nation’s most prominent advocates for Palestine:

When was the last time Congress voted to condemn a private citizen? McCarthy era? https://t.co/1RtPf7AnZq

— Kate Willett (@katewillett) April 29, 2026

The stated reasons for condemning Piker include a long list of selective quotes which paint Piker in an unflattering light (all of which he’s explained many times over). In the past, it was right-wing streamers sharing these selective quotes — now its supposedly serious politicians.

As Piker himself noted:

This is a Democrat doing this [Gottheimer]. The same Democrat that is supposed to be advancing the war powers resolution that is already two months late on Iran. And instead of that, this is the bill that they advanced this morning. Think about that. What a joke of a country we’re in,

Speaking on Gottheimer, Piker added:

Representative Josh Gottheimer famously, after October 7, blamed Islam straight up with an earshot of Muslim congressional representatives – a racist monster, a ginormous piece of shit. …

Okay, here is the silver lining. If you want to know what the silver lining in this madness actually is, Josh Gottheimer knows that the information environment is uncontrollable. So, they’re testing out the boundaries of how much disciplining they can do with congressional resolutions like this.

That’s it. They’re trying to see if if social media companies will bite on this nonsense.

They know that they can’t win this conversation back, but the very least they can do is, you know, buy and sell Tik Tok with the hopes that people stop saying mean things about Netanyahu in Israel with the hopes that they can enforce this action upon Amazon and Twitch so that other content creators will think twice.

For a further idea of how terrified the establishment is of Israel’s critics, this is how Fox News has been behaving recently:

Fox News has now covered Hasan Piker for 25 days straight. More than any politician in the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/RlV22rSYDx

— Hasanabi productions (meme account) (@HasanabiProd) April 29, 2026

Hasan Piker — Never back down

Piker has also said:

Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D) and Mike Lawler (R) have just introduced a resolution to condemn Hasan Piker.

Earlier this month, Piker had this to say to his critics:

"Their boos mean nothing when I’ve seen what makes them cheer."https://t.co/VqwJsEjyxh

— Zeteo (@zeteo_news) April 29, 2026

At this point, Israel is a weight around the neck of every establishment politician. While those attacking Hasan Piker may never back down, they will eventually be replaced. Just be prepared for things to get worse before they get better.

Featured image via The Canary