(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) And Hasan Piker is out… sort of.
A group of Democratic lawmakers have formally ditched the accused antisemite and leftist activist following his disturbing tirade against Jewish Americans, just as the Democratic Party’s prospects for 2026 continue to dim.
Democratic leaders condemned Piker after he appeared to suggest that some individuals may justify violence against Jewish Americans if they support Israel.
“If Jews in America keep putting this—this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone’s going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews,” he said during one of his livestreams.
Hasan Piker tells American Jews to stop supporting Israel or someone will “come around and take action. Not against Israel, but American Jews.” pic.twitter.com/KMnvz0FofR
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 23, 2026
Piker, an icon of left-wing activism, has risen to the upper echelons of the Democratic Party’s activist class and was viewed as a king-maker following the electoral victory of Zohran Mandami in New York City.
He even previously campaigned alongside embattled Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during the primary.
But Piker may now be persona non grata within Democratic circles.
The lawmakers rebuking him include House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Cory Booker, D-N.J.; and Reps. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., Brad Schneider, D-Ill., Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., and Haley Stevens, D-Mich.
“The malicious claim that American Jews are inviting violence against themselves is dangerous and antisemitic,” Jeffries wrote without naming Piker. There is zero justification for threats against the safety of our Jewish brothers and sisters at a moment of rising hate.”
Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Senate, urged her party to stop engaging with Piker. She had previously rebuked him while facing El-Sayed in the race.
Slotkin echoed Jeffries’ comments, adding: “In a time where political violence and anti-semitism has been spiking— and where just 6 months ago Michigan had a nearly deadly event of anti-semitic mass violence at Temple Israel — no one should causally be suggesting that anyone, Jews or otherwise, are to blame for being targeted.”
Rosen chimed in: “Hasan Piker has been trafficking in antisemitic tropes for a while but even this is a new low. Blaming Jewish Americans for the violence and hate they’re facing is not just wrong, it provides an excuse to those perpetuating these anti-Jewish hate crimes.”
Hasan Piker has been trafficking in antisemitic tropes for a while but even this is a new low. Blaming Jewish Americans for the violence and hate they’re facing is not just wrong, it provides an excuse to those perpetuating these anti-Jewish hate crimes. ⁰⁰Let me be absolutely…
— Senator Jacky Rosen (@SenJackyRosen) August 25, 2026
Booker similarly condemned Piker, writing: “Hasan Piker’s dangerous and hateful language targeting Jewish Americans has no place in our civic discourse. Suggesting that Jewish Americans bear responsibility for hatred or violence directed against them is wrong, dangerous, and antisemitic.”
Hasan Piker’s dangerous and hateful language targeting Jewish Americans has no place in our civic discourse. Suggesting that Jewish Americans bear responsibility for hatred or violence directed against them is wrong, dangerous, and antisemitic.
We can, and should, argue fiercely…
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 25, 2026
Scholten called Piker’s remarks “disgusting” and referred to him as a “hack.”
Today, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten issued the following statement after Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said that American Jews who support Israel are inviting violence. https://t.co/0lFd4L7HfX
In his stream, Piker directly discussed and targeted Michigan State Senator Jeremy… pic.twitter.com/cBsicVA310
— Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (@RepScholten) August 24, 2026
Schneider, Gottheimer and Auchincloss raised similar concerns in their remarks.
Telling millions of followers that Jewish Americans are bringing violence on themselves is blatantly antisemitic and one of the oldest tropes in the book.
Anyone who campaigns with Piker or elevates him is complicit in the rising antisemitism and anti-American hatred in this… pic.twitter.com/Ty2o8dZjBt
— Rep Josh Gottheimer (@RepJoshG) August 25, 2026
El-Sayed, meanwhile, issued a vague statement in response to the growing Democratic backlash, attempting to distance himself from Piker while avoiding alienating his supporters.
My statement on Hasan Piker’s comments regarding Jeremy Moss: pic.twitter.com/bUm96ANJXT
— Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) August 24, 2026
The Democratic retreat from Piker comes as political commentators warn that the party’s antisemitism, humiliating fundraising numbers, multimillion-dollar debt, mounting scandals and failure to counter the Trump administration could jeopardize its bid to retake the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.
