I Wasn’t Allowed Into A Hasan Pik­er Event, So I Talked To A Com­mu­nist On The Side­walk Instead

AUSTIN, Texas — Stu­dent Democ­rats at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Austin spent weeks pro­mot­ing Hasan Piker’s Wednes­day appear­ance at the school, boast­ing a stand­ing-room-only crowd for the left­ist pod­cast­er.
But when Pik­er took the stage, about half the seats in the William C. Pow­ers Stu­dent Activ­i­ty Cen­ter were emp­ty. Uni­ver­si­ty Democ­rats had said more than 2,400 peo­ple RSVPed or joined a wait­list. That crowd did not show.
Out­side, Austin Young Repub­li­cans held a demon­stra­tion in front of a stat­ue of George Wash­ing­ton. In a let­ter to …