Authored by Sasha Stone via SashaStone.com,
I've heard the new talking point on the Left trying to explain away Hasan Piker's truly vile comments on 9/11. Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Abdul Sayed have all used the term. The memo went out, and now they're repeating it like parrots. You can see for yourself in these videos [click on SashaStone's blog above to see a montage].
CNN: “Hasan Piker said America deserved 9/11. Are you comfortable with that?”
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) August 5, 2026
Bernie Sanders: “No, I think that was a dumb statement. But he has lots of followers. We have to get above cancel culture. We need a big tent.” pic.twitter.com/uk92aL1z40
El-Sayed on Hasan Piker: To sit here and play gotcha politics with a dumb thing somebody said out of context…I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do rather than this idea that we're so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020… pic.twitter.com/88OUSzIQLM
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 9, 2026
We'll hear it every time someone brings up Hasan Piker: "We have to get over cancel culture."
I almost fell off my chair. Now they're noticing cancel culture? Now they want to end it just so they can snuggle up to one of the most vile people in the influencer lane because he ha
