Cenk Uygur
Role at the time: Co-host, The Young Turks
Challenged the characterization
Response to this claim
Piker’s wording encouraged or justified violence against American Jews.
“he was saying, let’s protect Jewish Americans”
Open source (opens in a new tab)The Young Turks: Den of Vipers — Cenk Uygur reaction00:04:49–00:05:46
Searchable transcript of Uygur’s interpretation of the passage. A separate locator records Ana Kasparian’s response.
Why we used this label
He directly supplies a protective rather than threatening interpretation of the remarks.