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Democratic strategist James Carville expanded his critique of left-wing streamer Hasan Piker on Tuesday, branding him an “idiot” and saying he cannot answer for Piker’s band of “left-wing idiots.”
Piker, a self-described socialist streamer who campaigned with Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, has emerged as a leading voice on the left as democratic socialists continue to gain influence.
“There’s two things that I know about Hasan Piker. One, he’s an idiot, and two, he’s not a Democrat. So, I don’t answer for idiots, and I don’t answer for people who are not Democrats,” Carville said on “The Story.”
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James Carville speaks onstage during the Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid! Q&A at the 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 31, 2024. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SCAD)
Tuesday’s comments were not the first time the longtime Democratic strategist has targeted Piker. Carville recently pledged to leave the Democratic Party if Piker were to become a leading voice within the party and said an “overwhelming majority” of Democrats agree.
“I understand that I’m a Democrat. I’m part of a big coalition, a big tent, and we all have an admission policy,” Carville told Fox News. “But thank God Hasan Piker doesn’t want in our frat, because we don’t want him.”
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Piker, who drew criticism after saying “America deserved 9/11” during a stream in 2019, expressed a similar disdain for Carville.
“We got John Fetterman, James Carville, fantasizing about leaving the party — I’m like, you’re sweetening the deal,” Piker said during a recent stream.
Hasan Piker has become an influential figure within the Democratic Party, with some politicians embracing and even campaigning with him ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon)
Fox News Digital reached out to Piker for comment.
Carville criticized the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), arguing the platform benefits by associating itself with the Democratic Party and ordered the far-left organization to redact “Democratic” from its name.
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“What I would tell a Democratic socialist — ‘If you hate the Democratic brand so much, why use our words? Go call yourself something else. Call yourself the Socialists of America,’” Carville said.
Carville argued that the DSA’s values and policy positions, including defunding the police, do not align with those of the Democratic Party.
James Carville attends The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025, in New York City. Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside of a Trump owned building on May Day on May 01, 2019, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The New York Times; Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“Don’t put the first word in your title ‘Democratic’ because… that’s our party. That’s the party of civil rights. That’s the party of women’s rights. That’s the party of balanced budget. That is the party of prosperity,” he said.
“Don’t use our name. Make up your own name,” he added.
Carville previously warned that Democratic socialists are dragging the party’s brand “through the mud.”
