It turns out that Hasan Piker doesn’t just like to dress like Mao Zedong, he actually admires him.
In a clip of his streaming podcast that has been circulating on social media, Piker calls Mao ‘one of the great leaders of this world.’
Mao Zedong was a dictator who murdered millions of his own people, through starvation and other means. He killed more people than Hitler and is an absolutely despicable character.
These are the people who claim Trump is a fascist.
FOX News reports:
Hasan Piker vows never to criticize Mao Zedong in resurfaced video, hails him as ‘great leader’
A resurfaced video showing far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker praising Mao Zedong circulated online Sunday night after he addressed the College Democrats of America’s national convention Saturday in Washington, prompting criticism from Democratic activists, political commentators and other public figures.
In the resurfaced livestream, Piker discussed being stopped by a police officer while visiting Tiananmen Square during a November 2025 trip to China.
“I got stopped by a cop who thought I was making fun of Mao Zedong, which I never would and never will,” Piker said. “Mao Zedong is one of the great leaders of this world, OK? A man who changed the entire universe, the entire planet.”
Piker later responded after viewers challenged his praise for the former Chinese Communist Party chairman, according to a transcript published by Vox.
“There was a lot of f—–g excesses, let’s be real,” Piker said. “But the People’s Republic of China would not exist without Mao Zedong.”
Watch the video:
Hasan Piker: Mao Zedong is one of the great leaders of this world pic.twitter.com/b1DGAXQgKJ
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) July 20, 2026
Lily Tang Williams escaped Mao’s China and understands what Mao actually did. She has challenged Piker to debate on the topic.
Hasan Piker: I grew up under Mao Zedong. You don’t know what you are talking about.
You should listen to survivors like me, instead of your Marxist professors. Want to debate me? https://t.co/Hfl2in4GeG pic.twitter.com/3SrHVQS6rS
— Lily Tang Williams (@Lily4Liberty) July 20, 2026
Piker would never accept her challenge to a debate. He has no actual understanding of the history behind the subject. He just thinks it’s cool to support communism – when he is not driving his expensive sportscar, that is.
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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