Extremist fanboys are glamorizing antisemitism — and some politicians keep playing along

Hasan Piker listens as Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S.Senate in Michigan, speaks in a green room before a campaign rally at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on April 7, 2026.(Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

This is a man who said that “America deserved 9/11, dude.F–k it, I’m saying it.” He dismissed the evidence of mass rape and murder by Hamas in the Oct, 7 massacre.Even though the terror group live-streamed their gory pillaging of Israel, Piker-hosted streams where he denied or dismissed Hamas sexual violence, going so far as to say, “It doesn’t matter if f–-king rapes happened on October 7th.” Piker later admitted in the interview that his comments on 9/11 were “inappropriate.” But apparently mass rapes are totally appropriate.

Nonetheless, he has been featured at a campaign rally with Democratic members of congressRashida Tlaib, Summer Lee and with Michigan U.S.Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.Rep.Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has appeared on his Twitch stream, even though Piker explicitly called for the murder of Sen.Rick Scott, R-Fla., —something Piker later walked backafter being suspended by Twitch.This is true influence not just online but IRL—in real life.

And the cultural mainstreaming of Piker continues apace, including acollaborationwith comedian Trevor Noah and anappearanceon the New York Times’ “The Opinion” podcast, further normalizing his revolting anti-Americanism, antisemitism and incitement to violence.

On the other end of the ideological spectrum is Nick Fuentes, who has engaged inHolocaust denial,sayinghe does not “buy” the existence of gas chambers and calling the Nazi genocide of Jews “exaggerated.” He has built a following using unambiguously violent rhetoric.

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At one rally, when talking about “the Jews,”he raged, “We’re in a holy war and I will tell you this: Because we’re willing to die in the holy war, we will make them die in the holy war.And they will go down.We have God on our side, and they will go down with their Satanic master.They have no future in America.”

Popular influencer Sneako, whosereal nameis Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy, appeared on stage to support Fuentes,declaring, “Nicholas J.Fuentes is going to be the futurePresident of the United Statesof America.” The sickest part is that the audience of real, live human beings cheered.

And yet Fuentes has been laundered by mainstream platforms.He appeared onPiers Morgan, who introduced him by saying, “The reason you’re hearing about him is because he’s popular.” And he famously sat for a chummy two-hour interview with Tucker Carlson, who latercalledhim “smart” and “hilarious,” and asserted, “Fuentes is saying a lot of true things.” Carlsonalso saidthat “Fuentes on some macro level is troubling because, he, his platform is an expression of something that has kind of taken over all political discourse which is identity politics: tribalism.”

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Jewish students at El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills, Calif., walk out to protest antisemitic incidents on Tuesday, Feb.2024.(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News)

Some political leaders must stop legitimizing this ecosystem.That means refusing to campaign or appear with them and explicitly condemning influencers who traffic indehumanizing rhetoric, regardless of theirreach.

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Cultural institutions must enforce consistent standards, not selectively applied outrage.Platforms must confront the role theiralgorithms play in amplifying extremismunder the guise of engagement.

And audiences must recognize their own culpability.Consumption is endorsement in an attention economy.

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The terrorist fanboy phenomenon is not confined to the fringes.It is reshaping discourse and eroding moral boundaries.When violence is glamorized and antisemitism is repackaged as commentary, the consequences extend far beyond any single community.

This is not just a Jewish problem.It is a societal one.Because a culture that learns to admire extremism will not contain it.It will spread it.