Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s approach to politics has gained attention for resonating with younger Canadians, even reaching unexpected audiences. Notably, popular Twitch streamer Asmongold recently expressed support for the “based” Canadian politician to millions of his followers.
Asmongold released a YouTube video dedicated to reacting to various clips featuring Poilievre’s characteristic interactions and speeches, like the viral apple-eating incident.
The video, “Canada’s New Prime Minister is kinda based…” released on Wednesday, had amassed over 1.6 million views as of Friday afternoon.
Asmongold, whose content is mostly dedicated to video games and US culture, spent much of his reaction video in disbelief at the state of affairs in Canada, including crime rates, cost of living and safety.
Asmongold’s two channels on Twitch.tv, which is the world’s biggest livestreaming service, have a combined 5.6 million followers. Combined, Asmongold’s YouTube channels have over 5.5 billion total views.
Poilievre’s infamous interaction with a hostile legacy media journalist when he was eating an apple earned Asmongold’s applause. The streamer called the journalist’s tactics “extremely annoying” and added that the same kind of factual manipulation occurs on social media.
“This guy’s amazing. This is the first time I’ve ever heard him speak or say anything. I like this guy,” Asmongold said of Poilievre.
Asmongold also touched on immigration, specifically immigrants who don’t have values and morals that align with Western standards.
“What is this? Who decided this is going to happen? This isn’t culture. This is crazy,” said Asmongold.
The livestreamer then said that “everybody’s obviously happy” about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recently announced resignation.
Poilievre often referred to “Carbon Tax Carney” in the monologues watched by Asmongold. He confirmed with his chat whether this was equivalent to “Lyin Ted” or “Crooked Hillary.”
In one of the videos that Asmongold reacted to, Poilievre highlighted that the Liberals’ catch-and-release bail policy has contributed to violent crime increasing by 50%, gun crimes by 116%, and hate crime by 250%.
“Catch and release? That’s for fish. You don’t have catch-and-release for people. That’s for fish. Damn. What is going on?” asked Asmongold.
The livestreamer and YouTuber concluded his video with a simple statement and question.
“So this guy’s gonna win. I wonder how things are going to change.”
