{"id":619648,"date":"2026-06-16T12:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=619648"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:50:15","slug":"jail-republicans-chant-fuels-backlash-after-hasan-piker-appearance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=619648","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jail Republicans\u2019 chant fuels backlash after Hasan Piker appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sg-hasan-piker-gertrude-1200x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-facebook size-facebook wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Leftist influencer Hasan Piker just casually exposed the deranged mindset of progressive voters.<\/p>\n<p>While out campaigning for far-left political candidates ahead of the midterms, Piker dropped a quick reference to a \u201c75-year-old named Gertrude\u201d who basically wants being a Republican to be a crime. Naturally, the totally normal, well-adjusted people in the audience start chanting the woman\u2019s name like she\u2019s some sort of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hasan Piker leads chant in support of \u201ccriminalizing\u201d being Republican:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you think people in this room are radical, you should listen to a 75-year-old named Gertrude who\u2019s out there and wants to basically criminalize being a Republican.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ZSiq2k8vm\">pic.twitter.com\/5ZSiq2k8vm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2066524000998551792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you think people in this room are radical, you should listen to a 75-year-old named Gertrude who\u2019s out there and wants to basically criminalize being a Republican,\u201d the streamer said.<\/p>\n<p>The clip gathered a lot of attention on social media, and many people had something to say about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When these people tell you what they want to do, you should believe them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rEkCeqGAP9\">https:\/\/t.co\/rEkCeqGAP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeLaChance33\/status\/2066524679649611779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The people who claim they\u2019re \u201csaving democracy\u201d are saying \u201ccriminalize being a Republican.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mCja8A3HNs\">https:\/\/t.co\/mCja8A3HNs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/2066538673370173748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yet lefties call everyone else Nazis and Fascists while they display it proudly. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F0Pglfj0j9\">https:\/\/t.co\/F0Pglfj0j9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Creamy Giblets (@CreamyGiblets) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CreamyGiblets\/status\/2066603017713954944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I guarantee you at least 80% of the people in the room, Piker included, have ties to America going back all of five minutes. They hate us, the country, and our history. Get them out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3njFvjWh0E\">https:\/\/t.co\/3njFvjWh0E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos E. Andino Jr. (@carloseandinojr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carloseandinojr\/status\/2066524741343609147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Democratic Party are anti-western, anti-constitutional, pro-Marxist domestic extremists and need to be treated as such. These people are a direct threat to our nation and need to be subverted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7UPnh3nbk\">https:\/\/t.co\/p7UPnh3nbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Augusto Pugnochet \u2013 The Anti-Communist Pug (@pugnochet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pugnochet\/status\/2066564908263583892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hasan wants others to try it while paying him to keep them mad.<\/p>\n<p>He is getting all his little foot soldiers riled up to go out and get hurt for his cause\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Docjiles \u2013 Nuclear MAGA Technologist (@docjiles) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/docjiles\/status\/2066533427826856322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheDemocrats<\/a> had their way, 1A &amp; 2A would be abolished. All opposing political parties would be illegal. What the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DNC<\/a> wants is a true Orwellian-fascist system. They r ghouls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Northern Cali Jim (@NorthernCalJim) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NorthernCalJim\/status\/2066575983143170245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Which means Dems are admitting their ideas are so garbage they can\u2019t beat Republicans in the arena of ideas. They only way they can win is cheating and jailing (which is what they have been doing since Obama became president)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AgentMom <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/271d.png\" alt=\"\u271d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f64f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude4f\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> (@strudalsmom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/strudalsmom\/status\/2066830812176081381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sg-hasan-piker-gertrude-1200x630.jpg\" title=\"\u2018Jail Republicans\u2019 chant fuels backlash after Hasan Piker appearance\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist influencer Hasan Piker just casually exposed the deranged mindset of progressive voters. While out campaigning for far-left political candidates ahead of the midterms, Piker dropped a quick reference to a \u201c75-year-old named Gertrude\u201d who basically wants being a Republican to be a crime. Naturally, the totally normal, well-adjusted people in the audience start chanting&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=619648\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Jail Republicans\u2019 chant fuels backlash after Hasan Piker appearance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=619648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/619634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=619648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=619648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=619648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}