Kingmaker?
Graham Platner turned out to be a rapist and has probably lost us the Maine Senate race
Abdul El Sayed has disavowed him
Francesca Wong lost and admits associating with him was a mistake
Financial Times dropped a Hasan article
“Hasan Piker: the Republican Party’s bogeyman”
Some highlights
“If you talk to me you very quickly realise I’m a fairly pragmatic person”
“With the build of a professional athlete, Piker has been described as a left wing Joe Rogan”
“He sees himself more as a shock jock of the left..Rush Limbaugh, he said, but for Zoomers”
“He dismisses the kingmaker tag..this is a mass movement and I’m simply one person, he said”
“His admirers say he has an uncanny ability to get through to young voters..Piker said he is now breaking through with an older demographic, too..you got people stopping me..hey, look, you’re really sticking it to them”
“Analysts said his success in galvanizing the youth helped propel El-Sayed to victory, despite being outspent nine to one..yet some fear his ties to Piker could cost El-Sayed in a race seen as crucial to Democratic hopes of seizing control of the Senate”
(Via Financial Times)