One more shoe has dropped in the Hasan Piker saga — and this one comes with a global conspiracy attached. According to a recent column in American Thinker, some Democrats have convinced themselves that Piker’s entire existence is evidence of a plot to destroy the Democratic Party, with China pulling the strings.
The theory, which has been circulating in Democratic circles, was laid out in a clip from the popular streamer Asmongold. Its thesis, as summarized by American Thinker‘s J.R. Dunn, goes something like this: Imagine your goal is to “ratf**k the Democratic Party and American democracy as much as possible.” The plot, per the theory, was triggered by Piker’s “rich uncle” who “owns a media company” — an apparent reference to Cenk Uygur, the Turkish-American progressive commentator and co-founder of The Young Turks. The goal, the theory holds, is to “target left-leaning audiences” and shift them to “anti-left views” in order to hamper “electoralism, activism, and even the social inclusive values” of the party.
And the mysterious force behind it all? China, of course. As Dunn dryly notes, “what would any conspiracy theory be worth without the Chinese?”
The theory’s implausibility is almost beside the point. What’s striking — and what Dunn zeroes in on — is that the theory is making the rounds at all, and that it has apparently convinced some Democrats. When a political organization loses its footing and slips into a tailspin, he argues, its members often start reaching for conspiracy theories to explain what’s gone wrong. It happened in France in the early days of the revolution, and in Russia just before the Romanovs were overthrown. It’s a late-stage phenomenon, a sign of desperation when rationality has been abandoned and people are grasping at straws.
A leader being chased by the mob
Dunn finds it telling that Piker, a prominent progressive voice with a massive online following, would be the target of such theories. It shows, he writes, how little Piker is trusted by the very people he claims to speak for. He invokes the old story of the revolutionary lounging in a Paris café in 1848, who sees a shouting, agitated mob running past and races after them, crying, “I have to get in front of them! I’m their leader!”
Except in this case, Dunn says, the mob has turned around and is chasing Piker.
The timing adds to the sense of urgency. As Dunn notes, it’s only August — there are still more than two months until the election. If Democratic insiders are already spinning conspiracy theories about one of their own most visible online surrogates, what will the next few weeks bring?
It’s worth noting that American Thinker is a conservative publication, and its analysis of Democratic internal dynamics should be read with that lens. But the underlying observation — that a faction of the Democratic base is increasingly distrustful of its own influencers and prone to elaborate, China-centric theories of internal sabotage — is itself a noteworthy data point in the run-up to November.
Whether the theory has genuine traction among Democratic operatives or is merely a fringe talking point amplified by conservative media is unclear. What is clear is that the anxiety it reflects is real: a party that fears it’s losing its way, and that some of its most prominent voices may be part of the problem.
Source: www.americanthinker.com — https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/hasan-piker-bond-villain/