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Hasan Piker is bad for the Democrats

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The other day on X, leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker got into an argument with a commentator known as Swann Marcus. Marcus had scoffed at the notion of Piker trying to connect with blue-collar workers. In retaliation, Piker claimed that Marcus had written a "how to" manual about sex tourism in Asia.

As you can see, Community Notes quickly corrected Piker. The person who wrote the "how to" articles about sex tourism was actually a rightist influencer named Matt Forney. Apparently, some leftists had โ€” intentionally or unintentionally โ€” gotten Marcus mixed up with Forney because Marcus had made a documentary about Burmese missionaries. But Piker refused to delete his accusation against Marcus, even after being informed of his mistake...

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