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Raskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"

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Piker could say, "I ate Fritos for breakfast." & the media would ask every democrat why do YOU support Mexican food over an American breakfast of bacon & eggs? Trying to make 1 man's statement attributable to every democratic politician. This is why we didn't get a president Clinton or Harris.

Yes, Why doesn’t media talk about our concentration camps?We understand that probably about 78 percent of retained people, including very frightened children have done nothing wrong, other than not look WHITE.. I am ashamed to be white..

It’s crazy how we’re a decade plus into Trump & all this anti-left rhetoric, & establishment Dems are just now figuring out how to navigate bad faith media & bullies “I don’t care” is such an easy way to deflect from this game Just like throwing MAGA’s toxicity right back at them is successful

Why does anyone have to react to comments from a podcaster? Hasan, Jones, Carlson, Rogan and the rest are doing it for their own aggrandisement. Raskin and other Representatives are working for their constituents. This is literally the Media creating a story.

Why do we care what a “streamer” thinks? Too much reaction, how about some leadership instead of reacting to every nut that makes a statement. Release the Epstein Files and force the DOJ to comply w the law.

Ms. Welker works for a network and has a producer and a director. I have little doubt that she is being directed to ask these questions, knowing full well that this is the usual 4th estate hatchet job (see HRC's emails). What is being said by Team Red candidates is fair game. a streamer? really?

And THAT’S how you answer the question. Now let’s talk about those Epstein files. War with Iran says what? Gas prices says what? Did you mention the cost of living? Does Gary have the lights on yet? Does Puerto Rico have water? Who cares about a twitch streamer when we are paying for war crimes

Why does MSM have a fascination with trying to dredge up any and all fringe figures on the left and replay them in perpetuity while seeming to ignore that our POTUS is clearly a child rapist and he's surrounded by literal white supremacists. But that's just normal now I guess.

Imagine if GOP members had to answer for every stupid brocaster; stuff like whether aliens built the pyramids and if the earth is round. The DNC has got to approach this like Raskin and that ESPECIALLY goes for debates. Do not apologize or answer questions about what other people have said!!!!!

Funny how they never asked Republicans to disavow Charlie Kirk, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Loomer, etc. That shit was shoved in our faces constantly. But Hasan Piker is dangerous?

At times Kristin Welker, with her producers, really miss the point. They go down the rabbit holes, not thinking, asking questions that aren’t relevant to an upcoming election.

Thank you, Rep Raskin!!! About time the sad pathetic media be called out for their bullshit bothsidesism and attempts to distract Another valid reply to KW would be to ask her how come she and the rest of the media ignore the daily violation of the Epstein Transp Act by the WH and Todd Blanche

Exactly—Witkoff & Kushner are in Russia right now cozying up to Putin & Welker is worried about some Twitch steamer nobody has even heard of!? I’m sure Hasan Piker is grateful for the national press they keep giving him 🤦‍♀️

This is a habitual problem with Welker, and the reason I don't like her as host of this program. I'm fine with this kind of question more or less, but she does not question people on the same side of politics as say Nick Fuentes in the same way.

When are they gonna start asking Republicans why they work for, worship, and campaign with a corrupt, syphilis ridden, pedophile rapist?!  That seems like a more relevant question. And as long as Democrats keep being cowards about it, they’re gonna keep going with it. Such fascist enablers.

I mean WTF the GOP control the white house the congress and the senate and she is scaremongering about things that a Twitch gamer says😡 but having seen her cosying up to Miller at the Whitehouse correspondents dinner why am I not surprised what an embarrassment 🤮

He is a Democrat and helped a bunch of DSA candidates win thier primaries. They don't have to defend his words because nothing he has said is out of line. They just go after anyone critical of Israel and he is at the tip of the spear.

Hasan Piker is a Socialist who's views on Ukraine and Russia are the same as Tucker Carson's. In other words a russian asset. Russia backs Iran not Israel. I don't back any of the 3. I do back Palestine not Iran using them to provoke war with israel who is genociding them syg.ma/@artursumaro...

syg.maConvergent Apologists: Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and the Shared Rhetoric That Rationalizes Russian aggression against UkraineUnderstanding that convergence is essential for anyone who wants to defend factual discourse, democratic sovereignty and the principle that borders cannot be changed by force

Yet you and the media don't hold republicans to the same standards. Otherwise, every news interview would be asking the MAGA cult members of congress to disavow Laura Loomer.

It's literally pathetic that she'd ask this question. She knows the answer, we ALL know the answer. Suggesting that there is ANY debate about this clear fact really encapsulates everything that is wrong and damaging about the corporate media. Fuck her and all like her.

This is the correct answer, the only answer, and it should be repeated verbatim in response to every single mention of Piker for the next three years, minimum. It should become a mantra. Just refuse the question. Refuse to engage. He's not relevant.

Hey kwalker, this is particularly absurd & offensive in that you do not provide the obvious context. All R candidate have associated themselves w/tRump & have you heard about him? What he’s said, what he’s done! Doyou ask them the same question!? Get out of town ! Journalist? 🤦‍♀️ @meetthepress.com

Dies she play clips or post tweets from Laura Loomer or Elon Musk when republicans come on and ask them to denounce them? Does she ask republicans how they feel about the president flying around in a hand me down Muslim plane since they seem to hate Muslims so much?

1. Hasan is NOT running for office yet every democrat is attacked as if they are all him 2. Hasan: dont take me out of context, its about the lesser of two evils Welker: let’s take him out of context

There will be no more American bases in the Gulf States after Iran War. Gulf States will not want U.S. bases in their countries to be bombed, which are paid for by the Gulf states themselves. Trump & Netanyahu have ended that. World counties know that, American People are the ones in the dark.

You are 💯 on that one, only those of us that read political stuff every day are up on this shit and even we miss most of every nuance statement that this shit show pick up on behalf of aipac to create an angle of deflection that don't matter but distract and destroy our party. For no reason.

After Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt and Israel, it was no longer under existential threat. When Rabin and Arafat were close to a peace agreement, a right wing Jew, inspired by Netanyahu, assassinated Rabin.

Oh no... Hasan said a thing that history books in 50 years will also say. Aside from that, what does this have to do with literally anything? We have *fascist pedos* running the government! Sorry if I don't think the fucking twitch streamer should be the burning question on your mind!

Sorry to ask for any attempt at context, but even in the quote she played Piker identifies himself as a "harm refuction" guy. Simple question.... As bad as Hamas are, who has killed more women and children? Hamas or Israel? Piker didn't say he supports Hamas. Just that Israel caused more harm.

Hey @cnn.com @msnowcomms.bsky.social @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com @theatlantic.com @nytimespr.bsky.social did you hear the latest thing a rando podcaster most Americans have never heard of said, and demand every Democrat condemn him? bsky.app/profile/davm...

David Rothschild@davmicrot.bsky.social

Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist.

The literal president has been convicted of crimes, but let's talk about a vloggers opinion. Let's ignore all the racist "leaders" in Trump's cabinet, to talk about a single liberal Vlogger! This is why trust in MSM is at al time lows. Why are we wasting time on this?!?

I agree but this will require a better response. It feels evasive. How about “Most Democrats don’t agree with this one thing he said and they agree with other things he says.” Why is that so hard?

Never once have you seen MTP play clips of Benny Johnson, Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro and many other right wing guys spewing racist, homophobic nonsense and have a Republican comment on it.

The right always establishes a boogy-man to pin on the Dems. Soros, Alinsky, Piker, Pelosi, Wright.... The strategy only works on the smooth-brained GOP base. But the Nazi salute and supporting the new Nazis in Germany might work.

Piker isn’t running for office. Are Republicans asked if they support pedophiles and rapists or do they prefer their president’s cabinet to be restricted to oligarchs who have only ever engaged in consensual adult sex.

Why not put Ken Paxton on the record for Trump‘s comments such as Miss piggy when talking about a reporter? Oh yeah, that’s right because we don’t play that game with conservatives. We let them spew their bullshit and lies over and over again. It’s why we are at where we are at.

You got that right! The legacy corporate mainstream media only cares about ratings, clicks, ad revenue, and profits along with their licenses and access. Do not watch, listen to, read, or subscribe to their bullshit. Put them out of business, they are complicit in all things #TrumpRegime.

Why do Democrats have to answer questions about some random streamer? If we’re gonna do that, let’s pull up some random conservative thinkers, and see what they say. oh hold it, they’re not random their mainstream.

An irrelevant distraction from Kristen Welker who pals around with Stephen Miller at the WHCA dinner. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Raskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"

We're not playing this shit any more. Stop asking questions about random people on the left who say controversial things to every democrat you interview. Raskin has the final word on it. I cannot stand access media trying to create headlines with this bullshit. @kristenwelker.bsky.social is pathetic

Raskin always brings clarity. Israel needs separation of church and state as badly as the United States does. BB and Donald both have committed war crimes, felonies, human rights abuses, stolen elections. Neither one speaks for the majority of the people in their countries.

When Hasan Piker runs for office then we can talk about him. I’m more concerned about the shit that Trump is doing not what some podcaster says.

I don't condone Israel or Palestine killing each other. I wish they could respectfully co-exist. But it's wrong to say Hasan Piker supports terrorists. He is anti-genocide. Yes Hamas has killed about 5000 Israeli civilians since 1947 but Israel has killed 120,000 Palestinian civilians since then.

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"Netanyahu's policy" Fancy words for genocide. JFC, as much as I have appreciated Raskin in the past, this statement is so unbelievable and evil.

Hey Kristen! Mike Rogers has his own ties to Nazi extremists! Fact: Mike Rogers has a member of *his* campaign — who is an extremist & former gang leader, named Lorenzo Sewell — he co-organized an event in August — with Neo-Nazis in attendance wearing Nazi armbands & waving swastika flags!

I don't care what some piker says, he is at best one voice in a big tent, where I don't expect to agree with everyone. It's the GOP who insist on Conformity. And if someone comes into the Democratic Big tent & demands Conformity, they are welcome to leave.

Hamas is far less murderous and destructive than the Israeli government. This is an irrefutable fact but legacy media has to try their best to frame this as "oh so you support terrorists?"