After their 2024 loss, Democrats realized they had a “Joe Rogan” problem, which is to say, they needed an online platform for their candidates to reach young voters. They found their guy: Hasan Piker.

Now, let’s compare what Piker has said with what Democrats claim to believe.

Democrats: We are patriotic, and Republicans lie when they accuse us of not loving America.

Piker: America deserved 9/11.

Democrats: Believe all women, and sexual assault is evil and requires no context.

Piker: Rape is better if it happens to rich women.

Democrats: We are not pro-terrorists and support the military.

Piker: My favorite flag is the flag of Hezbollah that killed dozens of Marines.

Democrats: Bigotry and political violence are evil.

Piker: Jews deserve to be attacked for supporting Israel.

Democrats: We are pro-Ukraine.

Piker: Crimea belongs to Russia.

When people point to these comments and actions, Piker threatens to sue them—for quoting him with evidence!

And, as if all these were not terrible, he also abuses his dog.

This is the best the Democrats came up with! I am not going to lie. As a Republican, if a genie gave me a wish to make Democrats look bad, I’d think that asking for a guy like Piker would be too much.

The most famous case is the nominee for Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, who even campaigned with Piker. Bernie Sanders has defended Piker. Progressive politicians like Ro Khanna, Summer Lee, and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez have gone on his show. Others like Summer Lee and Zohran Mamdani have campaigned with him. And no less than Barack Obama himself has joined his stream. These are just a few.

It gets worse. A few Democrats had the courage to attack Piker and warn that he is toxic, and Democratic activists and politicians attacked their fellow Democrats for that.

Piker is very popular among the Democratic activist base, which is why Democrats could not bring themselves to disassociate from him. For months, people like Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer were silent about him and refused to condemn him. Of course, journalists who demanded every member of the Republican Party denounce the neo-Nazi troll Nick Fuentes—most Republicans did—made no such request of the Democrats.

This has been going on for over a year, and Democrats could not bring themselves to condemn him until last week, when they finally found their courage after over a year. Better late than never, I guess.

But Americans should ask themselves an important question: How can you trust the Democrats when they promote such an evil person, who quite obviously hates America? Even if they claim that they did not know about this past comments, these remarks came to surface months ago, and Democrats still defended him or evaded the issue, maybe because they like and agree with him, or maybe because they are scared of the socialists college students.

Even if ignorance is the explanation, taking so long to condemn him is unacceptable. If they took so long to denounce him because they are upset to college kids, how can anyone trust them to stand up to China and Vladimir Putin?

But let’s be real. Piker is everything Democrats claim not to be, and yet, they embraced him for the sake of power because they thought Piker could help them get votes. And they are only distancing themselves from him now that they worry that he is going to cost them even more votes.

Which is to say, Democrats sacrificed every principle they claimed to have for the sake of going on Piker’s show and getting more votes. So let me ask: Did they believe all that stuff? Can we trust their words and convictions? Or will they sell out to the next evil guy they see for one more vote?

Democrats’ new talking point is that they do not want to make the midterms about Piker. I didn’t even know who Piker was, and I certainly didn’t want to make the midterms about him. Until Democrats introduced me to him and started campaigning with him. They made the race about Piker. I am just playing by their own rules.

By: Chuck Warren