US Vice President JD Vance has commented on the dog collar controversy surrounding Hasan "HasanAbi." JD Vance appeared as a guest on the most recent episode of the Pod Force One with Miranda Devine podcast. At the six-minute mark, Vance talked about how he trained his dog, Atlas. When Miranda Devine asked the member of the Republican Party whether he "didn't have to zap" Atlas, JD Vance name-dropped HasanAbi and said:"He (Atlas) has this command, place, which is basically if I snap my finger and point, he will run to that place and lay down. (Miranda Devine says, 'You don't have to zap him like Hasan Piker?') No, no, no. Like Hasan Piker? No. No electrocution of dogs here. Ah, it's very disgusting. Well, I think it tells you that they're not... that they're bad people. If you can actually cause suffering to an innocent animal, you're probably the kind of person who doesn't worry about suffering in people as well. And that's been my experience. If you mistreat dogs, that's almost a 100% sign that you're going to be a really terrible person. So, that's one of the ways, you know, we really sort of test people."Timestamp - 06:31HasanAbi responds to US Vice President JD Vance talking about the CollarGate controversyHasanAbi responded to JD Vance's comments about him and the CollarGate controversy during a livestream on October 29, 2025. While claiming that the 41-year-old was "leaning into the idea" that he was "abusing" his pet dog, Kaya, the political commentator stated:"JD Vance has done spot training for his own dog. So he knows that it is not an abusive practice. And yet, he is still leaning into this f**king idea that I'm, like, abusing my dog, which is crazy because, hello?! Kristi Noem, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, shot her puppy! Point blank! ISIS execution style. And then, threw the puppy's body, in a goddamn landfill, in front of construction workers. And the only reason why we know about it is because she wrote about it in her book! What is happening?! It is so transparent that these people, not only do not give a s**t about animal welfare, they don't give a s**t about human welfare either, because remember, this is the Vice President we're talking about."HasanAbi went on to say that the Vice President of the United States was "talking about Reddit and Twitter drama." He added:"The Vice President of the United States is talking about Reddit-Twitter drama... while we're at the precipice of 40 million American citizens losing their SNAP benefits. As in, 40 million Americans are about to starve. Okay? 40 million Americans are about to starve in two days because the administration does not want to use the existing $6 billion that they have in their contingency funds to keep giving money to people."HasanAbi made headlines on October 18, 2025, when a video surfaced in which he stated that he "hates the left, liberalism, and streaming."