Condemned
“He also spent the weekend suggesting that Jews who support Israel are fair game.”
Shapiro characterized the passage as suggesting that Jews who support Israel were legitimate targets.
- Speaker
- Ben Shapiro
- Capacity
- Host, The Ben Shapiro Show; columnist
- Observed
- September 3, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Hasan Piker
- Classification rationale
- Describing people as “fair game” treats the wording as threatening or permissive toward harm.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
The column situates Piker within Shapiro’s broader argument about changes in Democratic politics.
After the quotation
Shapiro continues using the episode as evidence for that broader political argument.
Evidence
Complete source record
The Radical Transformation of the Democratic Party Is Almost Complete (opens in a new tab)Paragraphs 72–80
Shapiro’s column characterizes the Piker passage as part of a broader political shift in the Democratic coalition.