‘Hasan Piker shirtless’ searches soar as ‘meat pic’ shown at Republican Convention
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/09/10/hasan-piker-shirtless-meat-pic-republican-convention
...And apparently, the GOP’s messaging strategy now includes Hasan Piker in his underwear.
Search interest around Piker surged following the bizarre appearance. Google searches for “Hasan Piker shirtless” jumped by 5,000% after the incident, with zero searches being recorded the day before, and 100 searches being recorded after Piker’s photo appeared at the convention.
Piker later joked about the appearance on social media, writing that Republicans were trying to “make blexas happen”, which is a reference to the long-running idea of turning Texas blue.
As Piker himself put it while watching the footage: “They posted the meat pic at the f****** Trumpapalooza!”
...And apparently, the GOP’s messaging strategy now includes Hasan Piker in his underwear.
Search interest around Piker surged following the bizarre appearance. Google searches for “Hasan Piker shirtless” jumped by 5,000% after the incident, with zero searches being recorded the day before, and 100 searches being recorded after Piker’s photo appeared at the convention.
Piker later joked about the appearance on social media, writing that Republicans were trying to “make blexas happen”, which is a reference to the long-running idea of turning Texas blue.
As Piker himself put it while watching the footage: “They posted the meat pic at the f****** Trumpapalooza!”
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