James Carville responds to 'vicious' progressive Democrats trying to drive him out of the party
Feud exposes growing civil war between Democratic moderates and far-left progressives
By Madison Colombo Fox News
Published August 8, 2026 4:30pm EDT
James Carville fired back at progressives who have suggested that the longtime Democrat leave the party, highlighting growing tensions between the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party.
Speaking on "Saturday in America," Carville reacted to clips from Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's recent appearance on progressive influencer Hasan Piker's Twitch stream.
"James Carville fantasizing about leaving the party. I'm like, 'You're sweetening the deal,'" Piker said.
El-Sayed responded, "Why does anybody still listen to James Carville? He said one smart thing once, which he seems to have forgotten."
Carville feigned distress, saying, "I don't know what I can do. I can't take it, please mama help me," before adding, "Such vicious people, wow."
El-Sayed, a progressive backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary Tuesday and will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.
Sanders defended El-Sayed and Piker on CNN, saying that if Carville doesn't want to share a party with progressives, "he can start his own party."
Carville responded by pointing to Sanders' status as an independent and past electoral defeats.
"When he was a socialist, I was a Democrat," Carville said. "I'm still a Democrat. Is he one now? I have no idea. I do know that maybe he has some animosity, because he tried twice to get the Democratic nomination for president, and he failed rather spectacularly both times."
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