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Hasan Piker on his rise as a voice of the 'insurgent left' | NPR's Newsmakers
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President Donald Trump recently called Hasan Piker a “terrible liability” and a “communist.” The California-based streamer — who describes himself as a socialist — has become the GOP’s political bogeyman ahead of the midterm elections. Piker argues those attacks will backfire, but also says he has played a role in being portrayed as a 'figurehead of the insurgent left.' “The way that I'm portrayed in the media is an America-hating communist Islamist fundamentalist who wants to secretly do jihad, and then also, at the same time, very woke and gay, so there's this weird inconsistency in their messaging...
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The way that I'm portrayed in the media is an America-hating, communist, Islamist fundamentalist, and then also at the same time very woke and gay. Of course I say incendiary things, but it's not reflected on in the same way when someone who's white, Christian, born and raised in America is saying incendiary things.
Your worldview has gotten you barred from travel, college campuses debate whether they should have you on their campuses. Is the price you pay for your ideas and your stances hasn't gotten too high? I think that there is no price too high to pay as long as I'm allowed to say the truth.
Hi, it's Steve Inskeep with a special episode of Up First, a conversation from NPR's Newsmakers. In each episode a guest takes tough questions about their place at the center of events and how things look from the inside. Today, Leila Foddle sits down with Hassan Piker.
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