Hasan Piker cheers Mamdani aide going 'beast mode' with 'impoverish the White middle-class' remark
The socialist Twitch streamer who claimed America "deserved 9/11" heaped praise on an aide to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who previously professed hope of "impoverishing the White middle-class."Hasan Piker was in the middle of a long riff mocking liberal comic Bill Maher over his incredulity at various socialist platforms on his "Real Time" program when he responded to Maher’s criticism of Mamdani aide Cea Weaver."Mamdani’s top aide, Cea Weaver said, ‘if you don't believe in the government's sacred right to seize property, it's over’, and ‘impoverish the White middle-class’," Maher said last week, before Piker interrupted the clip."You know you’re supposed to scare people into voting ‘for’ you, right," Maher quipped.PIKER TELLS MAMDANI TO ‘SHUT THE F--- UP’ OVER CAUTIOUS MESSAGING, CLAIMS MAYOR NEEDS TO BE MORE 'BOLD'Piker interjected that he "love[s Weaver] so much.""Beast mode," he said. "One of the things I love about Zohran is that the people surrounding him are oftentimes are so much cooler than he is — but that's also part of the reason why I really respect what he's doing; she's awesome."FLASHBACK: MAMDANI'S HISTORY OF DODGING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE HE STANDS ON KEY ISSUESThe phrase "beast mode," referencing total focus and brute power, was popularized in the 2010s by former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in an apolitical context.Weaver, who is White, grew up in a wealthy neighborhood of Rochester and attended the School of the Arts in the upstate city, according to a profile in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
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The socialist Twitch streamer who claimed America "deserved 9/11" heaped praise on an aide to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who previously professed hope of "impoverishing the White middle-class."Hasan Piker was in the middle of a long riff mocking liberal comic Bill Maher over his incredulity at various socialist platforms on his "Real Time" program when he responded to Maher’s criticism of Mamdani aide Cea Weaver."Mamdani’s top aide, Cea Weaver said, ‘if you don't believe in the government's sacred right to seize property, it's over’, and ‘impoverish the White middle-class’," Maher said last week, before Piker interrupted the clip."You know you’re supposed to scare people into voting ‘for’ you, right," Maher quipped.PIKER TELLS MAMDANI TO ‘SHUT THE F--- UP’ OVER CAUTIOUS MESSAGING, CLAIMS MAYOR NEEDS TO BE MORE 'BOLD'Piker interjected that he "love[s Weaver] so much.""Beast mode," he said. "One of the things I love about Zohran is that the people surrounding him are oftentimes are so much cooler than he is — but that's also part of the reason why I really respect what he's doing; she's awesome."FLASHBACK: MAMDANI'S HISTORY OF DODGING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE HE STANDS ON KEY ISSUESThe phrase "beast mode," referencing total focus and brute power, was popularized in the 2010s by former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in an apolitical context.Weaver, who is White, grew up in a wealthy neighborhood of Rochester and attended the School of the Arts in the upstate city, according to a profile in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Mamdani's predecessor, Eric Adams, said Weaver's comments exuded "extreme privilege and total detachment from reality."Meanwhile, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed called Piker’s 2019 comments about the 9/11 terror attacks "dumb" in a Sunday interview with NBC but remains an ally of the far-left streamer.Piker, who has appeared with his uncle Cenk Uygur on the progressive "Young Turks" program, has also appeared with other far-left candidates and figures, including Rep.
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- The socialist Twitch streamer who claimed America "deserved 9/11" heaped praise on an aide to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who previously professed hope of "impoverishing the White middle-class."Hasan Piker was in the middle of a long riff mocking liberal comic Bill Maher over his incredulity at various socialist platforms on his "Real Time" program when he responded to Maher’s criticism of Mamdani aide Cea Weaver."Mamdani’s top aide, Cea Weaver said, ‘if you don't believe in the government's sacred right to seize property, it's over’, and ‘impoverish the White middle-class’," Maher said last week, before Piker interrupted the clip."You know you’re supposed to scare people into voting ‘for’ you, right," Maher quipped.PIKER TELLS MAMDANI TO ‘SHUT THE F--- UP’ OVER CAUTIOUS MESSAGING, CLAIMS MAYOR NEEDS TO BE MORE 'BOLD'Piker interjected that he "love[s Weaver] so much.""Beast mode," he said. "One of the things I love about Zohran is that the people surrounding him are oftentimes are so much cooler than he is — but that's also part of the reason why I really respect what he's doing; she's awesome."FLASHBACK: MAMDANI'S HISTORY OF DODGING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE HE STANDS ON KEY ISSUESThe phrase "beast mode," referencing total focus and brute power, was popularized in the 2010s by former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in an apolitical context.Weaver, who is White, grew up in a wealthy neighborhood of Rochester and attended the School of the Arts in the upstate city, according to a profile in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
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