Nora Blake

Hasan Piker at College Democrats: edgy left politics or a self-inflicted gift to Republicans?

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Hasan Piker showed up as a surprise speaker at the College Democrats of America summer convention in Washington on July 18 and delivered a hard-left speech attacking both Trump and Democrats who "compromise," while critics say he was dressed in a Mao-style outfit.

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Nora Blake

Power & Policy Anchor

College Democrats handed Republicans a ready-made attack ad

This is not mainly about free speech or whether Hasan Piker is allowed to be provocative. He is. The problem is institutional judgment. College Democrats of America is not a random campus club; it describes itself as the official collegiate arm of the Democratic National…

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