The liberals are trying to make an example out of Piker… To intimidate influencers, who typically rely on ads and support from the establishment to survive, from attacking the status quo. Piker doesn’t do ads, relying on his subscriber base to fund his career. So they can’t control his messaging with money, and are trying to do it by making him radioactive to the candidates he would support. The ultimate goal is to take away support provided by Piker for grassroots campaigns, so those candidates will have to toe the DNC line, or risk losing support from the establishment.

So regardless how you feel about Piker personally, or his views, it is clear he is trying to elevate progressive candidates so they don’t have to compromise themselves for liberal support. We should all be supporting those efforts if we truly want to amplify a progressive political wave.