Video game streamer Zack Hoyt, better known online as Asmongold, has emerged in the right-leaning media landscape as an influential political commentator. Now he is urging a future Republican administration to go “Old Testament” on perceived political enemies and take a harsher approach to immigration, including by denaturalizing citizens and rounding up “parasite” immigrants and anti-ICE protestors.

Hoyt has an audience of millions who tune in to watch the streamer scroll through social media, play video games, and react to the latest news. Alongside gaming content, Hoyt pushes right-wing talking points on subjects ranging from “identity politics and progressive values” to immigration, amassing 2.4 billion views on his YouTube channels alone in 2025.

And while his streams often have a stream-of-consciousness feel, Hoyt has a clear agenda, as he explained while talking about migrants in the United Kingdom: “I want to make one thing extremely clear. My goal with talking about this stuff is to radicalize people as much as possible. I show this and I portray this stuff in the most extreme and negative way so I can make people angry and they’ll be willing to follow the solutions that I want them to follow. Because I don’t want people to get this confused. I have a very clear goal with the way that I express this stuff.”

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 hours ago

    Ahh yeah, let’s get our political advice from a fucking streamer. Or a supplement grifter. Or a TV show host. Or a podcaster with no background in politics. Also none of them have any education in politics and barely grasp fundamental scientific concepts.

    The right wing is such a fucking joke.

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      4 hours ago

      To be fair, there are a few streamers that aren’t too bad. But they either studied or even have a degree in political science, or stream about politics almost solely. But yeah, asmeinkamph is very emblematic of the low information, xenophobic opportunists on the right for sure. Even when he was just a WoW streamer there was plenty off about him. Red flags everywhere