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Hasan Piker’s Mao Remarks Spark Outrage | Wilmington News
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s controversial praise for Mao Zedong — calling him a global transformative leader and claiming China couldn’t exist without him — has reignited firestorm backlash. The comments, made during a trip to China, resurfaced just after Piker positioned himself as a radical insurgent at the College Democrats of America convention, urging rejection of moderate Democrats. Critics are decrying his remarks as dangerously revisionist, linking Mao to tens of millions of deaths and comparing his admiration to that of Hitler. Political figures and activists are now calling for…
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