With the grim anniversary of 9/11 just days away, Andrew Cuomo went after mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani for appearing on the show of megapopular Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who once said “America deserved 9/11.”
On Tuesday, Cuomo appeared near Ground Zero alongside a 9/11 first responder and his family in front of a pair of poster boards, one showing a photo of Piker and the 9/11 quote, the other showing Mamdani and Piker clasping hands and sitting together for a meal.
Hailed as “ the left’s answer to Joe Rogan ,” Piker is a charismatic Gen-Z streamer who broadcasts nearly every waking hour and has 4.5 million viewers across Twitch and YouTube. Piker has been a fierce critic of American foreign policy but previously acknowledged that his comments about 9/11 were inappropriat