Hasan Piker

Yeah.

I mean, it goes to show how serious we are as a movement, as an opposition party, that this is the primary focus.

So I've been very involved in democratic politics for years at this point, but with AOC, Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, who I'll be interviewing later today.

But I've never actively, I guess, stumped for a candidate.

And I never I didn't even realize maybe I'm too like I'm not old school enough to understand this, but.

For me, the difference between Abdul coming on my stream, which I've done many times prior to this, and me going to Dearborn and us working out together and eating kebabs is probably more significant than me going on a rally and talking for five minutes in front of a live audience.

So I never thought of that as this major new step.

I guess it is, because the DC bubble was freaking out about it, where they're like, how dare you do this?

This is the most devastating thing anyone's ever done.

um and and i i like the guy there's that's the reason why i did this like i trust them i think he has a lot of great policy uh opinions i i think he is much more responsive to the needs of the base than some of the other democrats that i've been very upset with for many many years and i think he's exactly the type of guy that the party needs to have more of

My goal has been very clear since Zoran, when we linked up during the primary.

It was a very crowded field, and he was able to cut through that noise and become a beloved mayor of New York now.

I want to...

get people into positions of power that I align with politically, even if we don't 100% agree.

I even have disagreements with Zoran from time to time.

I'll text him some stuff.

I'll be like, yo, cut this out.

What are you doing?

But at the end of the day, I understand that politics is, in some ways, the art of the possible, right?

And I see that.