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Socialist Hasan Piker is suing conservative counterpart for ‘violent racist’ portrayal
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PUBLISHEDOct 28, 2026, 4:11 PM
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The $72.
5m suit alleges Scott Jennings falsely told listeners Piker had a ‘plan of returning our country to lynchings’ The prominent socialist political commentator and influencer Hasan Piker is suing his conservative counterpart Scott Jennings for $72. 5m over comments on a podcast that he said portrayed him as “a violent racist” who advocated the lynching of Black people. Piker’s defamation lawsuit , filed Tuesday…
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