{"id":26250,"date":"2026-08-03T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26250"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:25:23","slug":"james-carville-threatens-to-leave-democrats-over-hasan-piker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26250","title":{"rendered":"James Carville Threatens to Leave Democrats Over Hasan Piker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"o-share-btn-wrap\">\n<div id=\"post-social\">\n<div class=\"o-share-wrap\">\n<p>    <button class=\"o-share-btn o-share-btn-article\">Share<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-share\">\n<div class=\"share-reddit o-share-item is-hidden\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.location = '\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=\" encodeuricomponent=\"\" return=\"\" false=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64, 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\" alt=\"submit to reddit\" border=\"0\" width=\"58\" height=\"20\"\/> <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <button id=\"copy-button\" data-copy-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/james-carville-tells-fox-news-hes-out-of-the-democratic-party-if-hasan-piker-stays-one-of-us-is-going-to-leave\">Copy\u00a0Link<\/button>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"o-comments-link u-disqus-count c-article__comments-link\" aria-label=\"Comments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/james-carville-tells-fox-news-hes-out-of-the-democratic-party-if-hasan-piker-stays-one-of-us-is-going-to-leave\/#open-comments\" data-disqus-identifier=\"5747567 https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/?p=5747567\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>Democrats might want to expand their coalition, but <strong>James Carville<\/strong> believes there is no tent big enough to hold both him and <strong>Hasan Piker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Fox News\u2019 The Sunday Briefing with anchor <strong>Jacqui Heinrich<\/strong>, Carville \u2014 who\u2019s spent nearly  a half century as a Democratic strategist \u2014 made clear he wants no part of a Democratic party with Hasan Piker in it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker, I can tell you that right now,\u201d Carville said. \u201cIf he becomes a force in a Democratic Party, I\u2019m out of here. I have no intention of ever being in the political party with that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carville sounded off on the Democratic socialist platform \u2014 which has gotten increased attention in recent days following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/dem-socialist-co-chair-calls-for-defunding-the-pentagon-and-abolishing-the-senate-in-wild-fox-news-interview\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viral Fox segment<\/a> in which the Democratic Socialists of America co-chair called for the abolition of the U.S Senate and defunding of the Pentagon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hasan-piker-celebrates-america-being-closer-than-ever-socialism-he-backs-nyc-candidates\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Piker has supported<\/a> numerous DSA-backed candidates. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that a majority, overwhelming majority Democrats agree with me,\u201d Carville said. \u201cBut this idea that we\u2019re going to seize the means of production\u2026just go look at the DSA platform. You don\u2019t have to look any further than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic strategist speculated that \u201cthe two party system is just going to be under tremendous stress here in the coming months\u201d \u2014 noting an ideological dispute playing out on the right in which figures like <strong>Tucker Carlson<\/strong> and <strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/mtg-teams-up-with-tucker-carlson-and-thomas-massie-to-plot-new-political-party-the-movement-has-begun\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">breaking from MAGA<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t sit here and tell you for certain how this is going to turn out,\u201d Carville said. \u201cThe one thing I can tell you is for certain, Hasan Piker and James Carville are not going to be in the same political party. One of us is going to leave. 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