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…

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