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WA lawmakers urged UW to cancel ‘An Evening with Hasan Piker’

Headline from The Columbian

At least two state lawmakers reached out to the University of Washington with concerns that popular far-left streamer Hasan Piker had been announced as a speaker in the school’s lecture series.

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  1. Blue State Blues News

    The Free Speech Group That Just Exposed Why Washington Dropped Hasan Piker (opens Blue State Blues News)

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    Hasan Piker said America deserved 9/11, and Democrats let him campaign anyway. The University of Washington still booked him for a paid campus lecture. Now the group built to defend free speech

  2. Seattle Times

    Hasan Piker says UW canceled speaking event because of views on Israel (opens Seattle Times)

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    The University of Washington explained its decision to cancel the popular and controversial streamer by saying the organizing process lacked “rigor.”

  3. The Brunswick News

    Political streamer Hasan Piker says University of Washington canceled speaking event because of views on Israel (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    SEATTLE — The University of Washington canceled a planned speech by Hasan Piker, saying the popular and controversial far-left streamer was disinvited from a speaker series after questions about the internal process for selecting speakers. “It was determined that that…

  4. Fox News

    Hasan Piker event cancellation sparks intervention from top House progressive (opens Fox News)

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    Rep. Pramila Jayapal said she is working with the University of Washington after it canceled Hasan Piker's campus event over process concerns.

  5. Washington Times

    Free speech lets Hasan Piker indict his own radical movement (opens Washington Times)

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    Hasan Piker should not be silenced. The radical leftist influencer has burst onto the political scene as a self-styled Marxist kingmaker and viewpoint enforcer.

  6. The Columbian

    WA lawmakers urged UW to cancel ‘An Evening with Hasan Piker’ (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    At least two state lawmakers reached out to the University of Washington with concerns that popular far-left streamer Hasan Piker had been announced as a speaker in the school’s lecture series.

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