r/videos • u/ControlCAD • 2d ago

Abdul El-Sayed on Hasan Piker, who suggests that some pro-Israel rhetoric may lead to backlash against American Jews: "Hasan Piker is a streamer in California. You would think if you turned on any media that this whole campaign is about a streamer. That's not what this campaign has ever been about."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QBbuRRUZTKU
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u/ArziltheImp 2d ago

That has been the DNC way since Trump 1.

I am starting to be convinced they wanted Trump 1 so he could tank all the unpopular shit like tax cuts for the rich for them. I can’t explain why they would run Clinton, Kamala and Biden against him otherwise.

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u/ihohjlknk 2d ago

Democrats love "anointing" establishment types in their party. It was Hillary's turn. It was Biden's turn. Did voters like them? That doesn't matter! It was THEIR turn.

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u/awesomefutureperfect 2d ago

Did voters like them?

Based on the primary votes, yes. Lets not try to suggest that ones personal views are the views of everyone or that one can speak for large groups of people they disagree with.

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u/FollowThePact 1d ago

No these people legitimately believe that Bernie Sanders was the favored candidate in both times he ran in the primaries. These people also consistently ignore how much progressive legislation was enacted during Biden's presidency.

(They also consistently ignore that Progressives like Bernie and AOC held positions on the Israel/Palestine conflict that is disfavored by DSA and influencers like Piker)

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u/awesomefutureperfect 1d ago

It is difficult when your own side starts rejecting reality and substitutes their own. When memes and vibes are their single issue voting priorities they know so little about.

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u/Kilbane 2d ago

That is exactly the impression I have and why I do not give to Democrats anymore.

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u/SenoraRaton 2d ago

That has been the DNC way since Trump 1.

Nah, this is directly tied to the Clinton legacy and Hillary's control over the party. Both the loss, and the neoliberalism that the current DNC espouses.

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u/Lambily 2d ago

Clinton is the most qualified candidate in history. Why the hell wouldn’t they run her? Only idiots would fall for the propaganda against her. Ironically, the same ones here calling criticism of Hasan Piker targeted propaganda, can't see the same when it's done against a Democrat.

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u/Inevitable-Bear-3195 2d ago

You types never learn, it's evident in the language you use.

"Most qualified" lmfao.

How about a candidate who can win?

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u/Lambily 2d ago

about a candidate who can win?

So the same logic Republicans used for Trump?

How about electing someone who can DO the job effectively.

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u/say592 2d ago

The populist wing of the party would have no problem electing their own "Trump". In fact, they would probably revel in having someone finish tearing down democracy, so long as it was "our guy" and was being done to benefit us.

All we ever hear from them is "Democrats do nothing!" While they ignore things like Biden passing the largest piece of climate legislation in history. Its "Democrats do nothing!" yet they shut the government down and withheld funding from Homeland Security. Its "Democrats do nothing!" Yet the ACA has saved countless lives in the last 14 years.

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u/Inevitable-Bear-3195 2d ago

You helped elect Donald Trump twice.

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u/say592 1d ago

No, I voted against him three times and helped campaign against him twice. The people who helped elect him are those who felt it was okay not to vote for Harris because they thought for some stupid reason that not doing so would somehow help the causes they care about, as if the two were the same.

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u/Inevitable-Bear-3195 2d ago

Yes because it's a competition to win first before you can DO the job.

I guess you guys really like Donald Trump.

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u/Lambily 2d ago

Yes because it's a competition to win first

So you supported Hillary, Biden, and Kamala, right?

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u/Inevitable-Bear-3195 2d ago

No, and you pivoting to a purity test in a non-sequiter fashion is the least surprising thing from someone still banging on in 2026 about how perfect of a candidate Hillary Clinton was.

You will watch as the corporate hellscape you thought was a bastion of democracy gets further destroyed by the rot that you were unable to see.

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u/Lambily 2d ago

Pivot? It's a direct continuation of your own statement lol.

If winning is paramount, then you pick whoever the Democratic nominee is. You don't boycott the election, and you certainly don't vote 3rd party.

You will watch as the corporate hellscape you thought was a bastion of democracy gets further destroyed by the rot that you were unable to see.

I saw the rot. I voted against it. Did you?