# Left-wing steamer apologizes after calling for the death of Rick Scott following Twitch suspension

## YouTuber Hasan Piker previously called Hamas a 'lesser evil' than Israel and claimed the US 'deserved' 9/11

Left-wing political commentator  has walked back remarks urging Republicans to "kill" Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., after getting suspended from Twitch, a popular video live-streaming service.

Piker's statement came during a stream in which he reacted to an interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson, who discussed measures to "carve out" waste, fraud and abuse within Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

During the stream, Piker insisted that fraud primarily comes from providers, not recipients of government programs.

"They're not tackling providers; they're not actually going after false billing. They are trying to cut recipients. \ is not happening at the point of recipient. If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott," he said.





Left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker has walked back a comment urging Republicans to kill Florida GOP senator Rick Scott. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The streamer noted that Columbia/HCA was fined over $1.7 billion when Scott was CEO of the healthcare company following an investigation into its "Medicare billing."

Twitch did not provide a specific reason for the suspension, although the timing of the violation and Piker's ensuing X posts suggest that the above comments pushed the platform to act.

This is Piker's fifth Twitch suspension.

On Monday afternoon, , telling his social media followers, "I'm sorry!"

"I'll choose my words carefully next time and say, 'if Mike Johnson cares abt \ medicare fraud (since he wants to cut 800m from Medicaid/Medicare) he'd call for MAX PUNISHMENT for current fl gop senator/former gov Rick Scott- who has done the most Medicare fraud in us history!'" he continued.

Five minutes later, Piker addressed his critics.





Piker interviewed Rashid Al Haddad, a Houthi sympathizer who he likened to Timothée Chalamet because of his looks, in early 2024. (@HasanAbi via Youtube)

Piker, one of the most popular users on Twitch, regularly posts extremist content on the streaming site.

Piker, who has a following on Twitch of over 2.8 million, and who previously raised more than $1 million for Palestinian aid, has used his platform with millions of followers to downplay and justify terrorist attacks such as Oct. 7 and 9/11 as acts of resistance in recent years.

During a 2019 livestream, Piker praised the "brave f---ing soldier" who wounded conservative U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, while he was deployed to Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL, asking, "Didn't he go to war and, like, literally lose his eye because some mujahideen, a brave f---ing soldier, f---ed his eyehole with their d---?"



He went on to say that "America deserved 9/11, I'm saying it," before  and saying it was "inappropriate."

Piker raised $100k for charity on Saturday alongside the creators of "No Other Land," a film co-directed by Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers.

The film won the Oscar for Best Documentary the following day.



_Fox News' Peter Pinedo contributed to this report._

Nikolas Lanum is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
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