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Carville reveals what the final straw that drives him from the Democratic Party will be

August 3, 2026 | | Print Article

The socialist takeover of his party has lifelong Democrat James Carville eyeing the exit, and he revealed what the final straw is going to be.

In his latest rant expressing disgust over the aggressive new breed of so-called democratic socialists who are in ascendance, the “Ragin’ Cajun” said that if bomb-throwing streamer Hasan Piker becomes the party’s future, then he’s out.

Piker has gained increasing influence and popularity with the rabidly anti-Israel base and has hit the campaign trail with Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, who could inflict the latest blow on the party’s establishment if he wins Tuesday’s primary.

“I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker,” Carville told Jacqui Heinrich during an appearance on “The Sunday Briefing” on Fox News.

“If he becomes a force in the Democratic Party, I’m out of here. I have no intention of ever being in the same political party with that guy,” he added.

“I can’t sit here and tell you for certain how this is going to turn out, but the one thing I can tell you for certain, Hasan Piker and James Carville are not going to be in the same political party. One of us is going to leave. It might even be me,” the octogenarian political guru explained to Heinrich.

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The shocking sweep by leftist House candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the unexpected victory of Ethiopia-born attorney Melat Kiros in Colorado – all of whom toppled incumbents thought to be safe – has badly spooked the Democrat establishment, which is desperately trying to stuff the socialist genie back into its bottle.

Piker, the nephew of “Young Turks” founder Cenk Uygur, has emerged as a leading voice in the movement and is using his platform to promote socialist candidates who hate Israel.

He has already named shrieky socialist diva Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as his preference for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, declaring that there is a “zero percent chance” that the eventual nominee will be supportive of the Jewish state in “any way, shape or form” as polling increasingly shows a complete collapse in the longtime Middle East ally’s favorability in the party.

“No more to Trumpism, but no more to the Democrats who compromise, who conciliate, and who betray us,” Piker told college Democrats during a speech in Washington, D.C., last month, delivered while wearing a Chairman Mao-style suit.

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“No more to the fascist reactionaries, but no more to the Democrats who will collaborate and cooperate with the fascists, who will fund ICE, who will fund Israel, who will help poison the planet, who will stiff workers and help bosses,” he ranted.

“It may be that the two-party system is just going to be under tremendous stress here in the coming months,” Carville told Heinrich.

“I’m not in that f**king political party. I am totally comfortable in a political party that spends time questioning the policies of the government of Israel. In fact, I’m enthusiastic about that. I don’t want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist. That’s just not– I just can’t do that,” the Cajun curmudgeon said during an episode of the Politicon podcast in June, commenting on the wins by the NYC socialists.

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