A prominent leftist commentator and streamer on the platform Twitch, Piker boasts millions of followers across social media and is known for his crass conduct toward individuals, including making a veiled threat in response to a tweet issued by Sen. Tom Cotton. Piker replied to a tweet from the senator by posting a photo of a homemade gun. YouTube and Twitch influencer Hasan Piker stated that if the current administration “cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, [they] would kill [U.S. Senator] Rick Scott.” He also called Senator Scott “seedy as hell” and accused him of committing the “largest Medicare fraud in U.S. history.”