Asmongold’s controversial immigration comments during his August 3, 2026, livestream have drawn major criticism. (Image via: YouTube/@AsmonTV)Zack “Asmongold” is facing intense scrutiny after comments from his August 3, 2026, livestream became the center of a wider controversy. During the broadcast, he was watching Nick Shirley’s YouTube video about Moroccan migrants in Spain when the discussion moved toward immigration. Asmongold said he had “no sympathy” for immigrants and then made a much more extreme statement about how he would respond to people crossing a border with their children. The 36-year-old streamer did not walk back the remark when a viewer later challenged him about it. Instead, he confirmed that he had meant what he said. The controversy comes as Asmongold has also been banned from Twitch, although the supplied information does not state that the ban was specifically caused by these comments.What Asmongold actually said during the August 3 livestreamThe comments came while Asmongold was reacting to Nick Shirley’s video titled “Ceuta Spain Was Invaded... Spain Falls to Moroccan Migrants.” At around the 4-hour-51-minute mark, he discussed people bringing children across borders.His argument was that people should not bring their children if they believe they could be shot. He then took the statement further, saying, “I’d shoot whoever,” and specifically included “kids, women, men, anybody.”Asmongold said he believed this would stop people from continuing to cross the border. He also described the situation as a wider “Western problem.”Asmongold doubled down when a viewer questioned himThe controversy did not end with the first statement. A viewer later directly asked Asmongold about saying he would shoot children.His response was blunt. He confirmed, “Yeah,” before saying that was “literally exactly” what he had said. He also called it his reasoning and said he had no question about what he would do.That follow-up matters because it was not simply a clipped sentence followed by a correction. Based on the supplied livestream transcript, he was given another chance to explain the comment and instead stood by it.HasanAbi calls Asmongold’s comments “insane rhetoric”The comments have since drawn criticism from Hasan “HasanAbi,” who described Asmongold’s remarks as “insane rhetoric.”On August 4, HasanAbi addressed the controversy. He called Asmongold’s comments “insane rhetoric” while also making a broader point about online political discourse.HasanAbi argued that right-wing Trump supporters who defend Israel can get away with saying almost anything. He contrasted the online environment with his experiences traveling around the country, saying people in everyday life are more “kind curious & open minded.”He also blamed social media algorithms for making people more vicious online, arguing that what appears on the internet does not necessarily reflect how people behave in the real world.As of the supplied information, Asmongold has not released a statement about his recent Twitch ban.