Nick Fuentes and Hasan Piker are a great example of the horseshoe theory, where the extremists on both the Left and Right eventually come together. Piker is an antisemite who claimed that America deserved 9/11 (which he's now claiming he personally apologized for) and that Hamas is "a thousand times better" than Israel. Fuentes is a white supremacist Holocaust denier and unofficial leader of the "groypers." They're both terrible people with huge followings online.
The Bulwark's Cathy Young wanted to know whether a clip of Piker's show being passed around was real.
Is this real? (Shared by an untrustworthy grifter account, so I'm not sure.) Hasan Piker on landlords: "Murder those motherfuckers in the streets - let the streets soak in their red capitalist blood, dude" pic.twitter.com/isaUp95xRx
— Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@CathyYoung63) August 5, 2026
It’s completely in line with his rhetoric.
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) August 6, 2026
It is … that's pretty typical of him. Not at all out of line with his typical revolutionary rhetoric.
New York Times columnist David French said he couldn't tell a dime's difference between Fuentes and Piker.
I don't see a dime's worth of difference between him and Nick Fuentes. https://t.co/ADHN03kTAT
— David French (@DavidAFrench) August 5, 2026
Plenty of people were happy to inform French that his employer doesn't platform Fuentes.
You would think that David French might object when his employer offers editorial space to Nick Fuentes https://t.co/YtZlQ3VXwG
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) August 6, 2026
The difference is Nick Fuentes isn't being invited to campaign, and speaking at rallies and victory parties with candidates.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 6, 2026
He also doesn't get mainstream and prime time interviews and attention from places like CNN.
Nick Fuentes isn't walking red carpets are being featured… https://t.co/OrRJqopVe6 pic.twitter.com/0QZifr5Xxp
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… in Vanity Fair Oscar parties.
Nick Fuentes isn't granted editorial space, of which you share, by the New York Times.
That op-ed came at the same time as The New York Times hosted Piker on its Opinions podcast for a panel discussion about "microlooting" as a form of political protest. "I’m pro stealing from big corporations, because, you know, they steal quite a bit more from their own workers," Hasan offered.
Nick doesn't get warm fluff pieces at the NYT and such. pic.twitter.com/W2muo0QT2I
— Redrick Samson (@R_D_Z_King) August 6, 2026
"A progressive mind in a body made for the 'manosphere'."
Piker doesn't just get puff pieces and editorial space from French's employer. He's also been featured often on CNN, most recently as part of CNN Senior Correspondent Donie O’Sullivan's special, "The Whole Story: The Left Insurgency." He's also been profiled in Vanity Fair, which invited him to its Oscar party.
The New York Times also published an opinion piece by Ezra Klein titled, "Hasan Piker Is Not the Enemy."
Yet Nick Fuentes isn't being feted by glossy magazines at Oscar parties. pic.twitter.com/P3YOJc7ep2
— Lee (in KY) (@Lee_in_KY) August 6, 2026
And then there's Piker campaigning for Democratic Socialists like Abdulrahman Mohamed Ed-Sayed.
Which Senate candidate is campaigning with Nick Fuentes?
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) August 6, 2026
There is one MAJOR difference, @DavidAFrench — Fuentes is not warmly accepted in the GOP and given prominent coverage and interviews by the news media.
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) August 6, 2026
Also, Fuentes is a Democrat supporter, so bringing him up is even more obtuse. https://t.co/jEoVRH4sdQ
For once you’re correct, there’s not much a difference between them.
— Parker Thayer (@ParkerThayer) August 5, 2026
If you look closely though, you might see quite a few dimes worth of difference between how Democrats treat Piker and Republicans treat Fuentes. pic.twitter.com/mZ5AJJqSsf
Seen any Republican candidates on the campaign stage with Fuentes, Dave?
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) August 6, 2026
You see no difference, really? pic.twitter.com/usuIs9ynuB
— Redrick Samson (@R_D_Z_King) August 6, 2026
Do you see any difference in the way the major political parties treat them? Or is this the extent of your hot take?
— Socratic Method Man (@Elder_Haman) August 6, 2026
How about nobody on the right likes Nick Fuentes. Your friends on the left are tripping all over themselves for this guy.
— Pretty (not) Lieb (@prettylieb) August 6, 2026
You absolute clown. Your employer does not platform Fuentes. No saner person campaigns with him, unlike your favored candidates and party.
— What a joke! (@cclautice) August 6, 2026
David French, which one did the NYTs allow to write an editorial for their paper? Which one hangs out with politicians like AOC and Sanders? David are you intentionally obtuse?
— Dr C’mon, Man! (@ductbile) August 6, 2026
People on the right denounce Fuentes. People on the left embrace Piker. Hope this clears it up for you, dumbass.
— Mark Briggs👍🏻 (@ntents) August 6, 2026
Now ask yourself why the left celebrates one and the right rejects the other.
— SomeGuy (@TidewaterP1) August 6, 2026
Fuentes is a professed Democrat. Where ya been?
— LR Barnes (@LRBarnes2) August 5, 2026
Yeah, he's a lot worse, David. Everyone in the mainstream is honest about what Fuentes is. Your newspaper glorifies him. But don't feel bad. So does everyone else.
— Ohp 'Elongarch™' Sn 🇺🇸 (@Ohp_Sn) August 6, 2026
Dave, you’re not this obtuse. Don’t pretend to be stupid.
— David MacDonald (@Iamdavemac) August 6, 2026
Ideologically, there isn't much difference between the two. But Republicans have rejected Fuentes, while French's employee has Piker on its podcast and gives him space for an op-ed on "why petty theft may be the new political protest."
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