On October 19, 2019, Hasan Piker reacted to AOC's endorsement video of Bernie Sanders. Hasan gave AOC, Nina Turner and Bernie Sanders their flowers for consistently highlighting that the anger that Americans feel is deep-rooted in the system and more broadly, capitalism: "The reality is Americans are frustrated. Americans are very angry; if you look at the Donald Trump rallies, you see that, and they want a good villain. The real villain is the one that Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner and AOC calls out frequently; the real villain is the system itself. The real villain are the institutions that legitimize our oppression, our struggle, our marginalization. Calling that out in very clear, black-and-white terms, I think, is more effective because as Bernie has said time and time again, EVERYONE is angry. Channelling that frustration will be a more successful way to rile up people than just saying, 'Oh yeah. Bernie is great. He's consistent.' We know that. We know that already. What we need to do instead is show them the truth. Who is actually stealing from the American working class? Who is actually exploiting us? Who is actually taking our labor value and underpaying us every step of the way, then taking those additional profits and building out and padding our institutions that then legitimize the same exploitation? It's not who; it's just capitalism. And it is THE legitimate system."