Hasan Piker argues that a successful, explicitly socialist candidacy like Zoran Mamdani's can demonstrate a viable alternative to voters who identify as liberals.

“I think it shows them that a a charismatic, young, vibrant, dynamic candidate who is uh unafraid to call himself a socialist uh and and is unafraid to uh call out Israel for doing a genocide um who is is uh going to work tirelessly to solve some of the material harms that you're experiencing. That i”