Hasan Piker assails ‘opportunists’ who accused Mamdani of Gaza genocide
Anti-Israel streamer says more Democratic Socialists of America members should have participated in Oct. 7 vigil alongside New York City mayor
At a Jewish Currents Live event hosted by the left-wing magazine at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hasan Piker called protesters who heckled New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani at an October 7 vigil "opportunists". Piker criticized the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for not playing a bigger role in the anti-Zionist mobilization in New York City that allowed opportunists to tarnish the message.
The protesters called for the firing of police commissioner Jessica Tisch and the disbanding of the NYPD's Strategic Response Group. DSA did not sponsor the protest, although some campus chapters of its student section, the Young DSA, participated.
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