Tim Miller used to be a Republican up until 2016 when he became some kind of conscientious objector (at least in his own pea brain) because 'orange man bad' and Trump was just a bridge too far for him.
Now, he's defending Hasan Piker. Yes, the dog abuser who just got back from Cuba singing the praises of Communism and also thinks America deserves 9/11. Hasan is Cenk Uygur of 'Young Turks' fame (using the term loosely) nephew and is a more repugnant version of his Uncle. He's a nepo-baby and overall is just terrible for society.
“We can’t do this sh*t again!”@Timodc responds to the @hasanthehun freakout pic.twitter.com/GdYdBfgINq
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) April 3, 2026
Tim doesn't think Hasan is a problem, though.
“If people really are arguing that the price of winning is becoming like a bigoted misogynist like Hasan Piker, then I’ll take not winning,” Jonathan Cowan told @Lauren_V_Egan.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) April 2, 2026
This seems like a bad message to me given the state of things. https://t.co/pf17cwEXFm
The group has spent the past few weeks urging Democrats to distance themselves from Hasan Piker, the widely popular Twitch and YouTube streamer. The group’s president and press adviser, Jonathan Cowan and Lily Cohen, coauthored a Wall Street Journal opinion piece arguing that Piker’s “misogyny is indistinguishable from that of far-right influencers” and accusing him of antisemitism, saying that there was “no excuse for putting political tribalism before Jewish safety.” Things escalated last week when Abdul El-Sayed, who is running in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat, announced that Piker would campaign with him on college campuses. Then, this morning, Cowan sent a letter to El-Sayed warning that it would be a “stain” on his character if he followed through with the planned rallies, especially after a Michigan synagogue was attacked last month. The letter lists six questions in bullet points, asking El-Sayed to respond:
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not doing that. people can criticize him all they want. But at the expense of winning/focusing on Trump? Just trying to advocate for doing smart politics. Will discuss at length tonight on the stream if you still hate me head on out to warmer podcast pastures I will understand!
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) April 2, 2026
People can criticize the Anti-Semite and bigot, but please still vote for our party who is propping him up front and center. Yuck.
How do you go from being Jeb Bush's comms director in 2016 to hopping on your podcast wearing a pearl necklace and defending a guy who says "America deserved 9/11" ten years later?
— Jesse Arm (@Jesse_Leg) April 3, 2026
Miller and The Bulwark ostensibly represent the center-left of the Democratic coalition.
Is there… https://t.co/I7fBSZuRMp
The pearl necklace should have been the first sign he shouldn't be taken seriously anymore.
That last paragraph is so true.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 3, 2026
Democratic media elites are just so much more radical than Democratic voters—or their counterparts in GOP circles. Even relatively new imports from the NeverTrump world don’t seem interested in appealing to ideological moderates. The only direction they ever seem to move is left.
“We have to embrace the hateful, fringe radicals in order to win” explains the very principled person who had to leave the GOP over Trump because principles pic.twitter.com/XPQcTfspCD
— Sunny (@sunnyright) April 4, 2026
In case anyone believes Miller's evolution was some high-minded ideology, this tweet should disabuse you of that notion. His campaign lost in 2016 and with Trump leading the party, there was nowhere for someone like Miller. He jumped aboard the ship bilk Democrats of money. He goes where the money is. Period.