Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker criticized Jewish voters in New York for moving away from the Democratic Party, then pinned the apparent political shift on support for Israel. His reaction followed a CNN discussion of recent Siena Polling, as reported by Fox News.

On Wednesday, Piker responded on X to a CNN clip featuring chief data analyst Harry Enten and anchor John Berman. The pair discussed declining Democratic support among Jewish voters in New York.

“It’s wild that this many Jewish voters are leaving the democratic party over Israel,” Piker wrote. He argued that Republican alternatives were not offering a more appealing policy agenda and called the shift “A real shame.”

it’s wild that this many jewish voters are leaving the democratic party over israel. it’s not like the republican alternatives are presenting a more appealing policy agenda, it’s just israel! it’s literally over the continuation of israel’s belligerence. a real shame.

— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) October 15, 2026

During the CNN segment, Enten said Jewish support for Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul had dropped since her 2022 election. He also examined polling involving congressional preferences among Jewish voters in the state.

According to Siena Polling averages cited by Enten, Democrats led Republicans among New York Jewish voters by 40 points in 2018 and 49 points in 2022. This year, that advantage stood at 13 points.

“That is a shift of, what, 36 points, 36 points away from the Democrats,” Enten said. He added, “Their lead has absolutely tumbled into the Hudson River among Jewish voters.”

Enten noted that Democrats remained ahead with Jewish voters, but Republicans were posting historically strong numbers among that group. He said recent developments appeared to have affected voter preferences in both gubernatorial and congressional contests.

Piker’s assertion that the change was solely about Israel quickly sparked backlash. Republican Jewish Coalition communications director Sam Markstein told Fox News Digital that the streamer’s accusation relied on an antisemitic trope.

“Hasan Piker’s statement that American Jews’ voting preferences are all about Middle East policy plays directly into the oldest antisemitic trope of dual loyalty. He is flat-out wrong and is trivializing the very real spike in Jew hatred which directly threatens our community’s safety,” Markstein said.

Markstein argued that Jewish Americans were leaving the Democratic Party because its leaders embrace and appease radical elements of the party base. He also cited Piker’s previous statement that “America deserved 9/11” and his campaigning with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

Shai Davidai, a former Columbia University professor and author of “American Intellectual Antisemitism,” also answered Piker on X. “It’s not ‘over Israel.’ It’s over people like you,” Davidai wrote.

New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz likewise argued that Jewish voters had reasons beyond Israel for abandoning Democrats. “Jews are regularly assaulted in NY, and no Democrats care,” she wrote, while also raising concerns about self-protection and the mayor’s rhetoric.

Piker has long criticized Israel and Jewish Americans’ support for the Jewish state. In August, he said, “People don't f--- with Israel any longer. And if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they're singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against Israel, mind you, but against American Jews.”

Critics accused Piker of blaming Jewish people for antisemitic attacks against them. Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Jacky Rosen of Nevada both condemned those remarks, with Rosen calling them “a new low.”

Hasan Piker has been trafficking in antisemitic tropes for a while but even this is a new low. Blaming Jewish Americans for the violence and hate they’re facing is not just wrong, it provides an excuse to those perpetuating these anti-Jewish hate crimes. 

Let me be absolutely clear: crimes against Jews for being Jews is antisemitism plain and simple. There’s no excuse for it. — Senator Jacky Rosen (@SenJackyRosen) August 25, 2026

Rosen said blaming Jewish Americans for violence and hatred directed at them gives cover to those committing anti-Jewish hate crimes.

Slotkin said no community should face threats of violence because of its political views and warned against blaming victims.

Other Democrats who condemned Piker included Sen. Cory Booker, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Ritchie Torres, Jared Moskowitz, Brad Schneider, Greg Stanton and Hillary Scholten.

El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, distanced himself from Piker after facing criticism for campaigning with him. “My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters,” he wrote.

“Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk,” El-Sayed added.

Fox News Digital contacted Piker for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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