Piker’s past statements have included explicit support for groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. He has said he has “no single issue with Hezbollah as a form of militancy trying to incur penalties on the genocidal state of Israel” and described Hamas as “a thousand times better than the fascist settler colonial apartheid state” of Israel. On the documented sexual violence during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks, he stated, “It doesn’t matter if rape happened on October 7th. It doesn’t change the dynamic for me.” He has also faced renewed criticism for older comments stating America “deserved” the 9/11 attacks and for declaring he has “no ounce of patriotism in my heart.”

The collaboration arrives as Hong continues to navigate fallout from her own radical positions. She recently told a crowd she envisions “a perfect world” without prisons because “we all see the humanity in one another and then we know nobody’s disposable.” Hong has also faced criticism for resurfaced comments supporting the abolition of police departments and for suggesting the Wisconsin National Guard could be used to arrest ICE agents enforcing federal immigration law.

Piker’s partnership with Hong should be a wake-up call for moderates and center-right voters currently tuned out of the November election. Combined with his legal troubles and history of anti-Semitic, anti-American statements, it provides a stark illustration of the ideological company leading voices in Wisconsin’s Democrat primary keep. While the stream may energize Hong’s online base, it offers fresh evidence for critics who argue that Hong’s positions and association with Piker place her far outside the mainstream.