{"id":2643265,"date":"2026-08-11T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-offers-el-sayed-support-after-he-distances-from-hasan-piker\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:10:54","slug":"james-carville-offers-el-sayed-support-after-he-distances-from-hasan-piker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-offers-el-sayed-support-after-he-distances-from-hasan-piker\/","title":{"rendered":"James Carville offers el Sayed support after he distances from Hasan Piker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-carville-offers-el-sayed-support-after-he-distances-from-hasan-piker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic strategist James Carville has shifted his stance to support Abdul el Sayed&#8217;s Senate campaign,after previously questioning his anti-Israel views and connections to socialists. Carville, known for his centrist views, now endorses el Sayed over Republican candidate Mike Rogers, citing Rogers&#8217; election denial and ties to Big Pharma as reasons for his support. This change follows Carville&#8217;s earlier criticism of socialists within the Democratic Party and his call for them to form a seperate party. Carville also expressed disapproval of Piker&#8217;s comments, including antisemitic remarks, and distanced himself from Piker, emphasizing disagreement wiht Piker&#8217;s views. El Sayed has tried to appeal to Republican and independent voters, distancing himself from Piker and disavowing comments about 9\/11. Carville&#8217;s support marks a significant move toward a more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >centrist stance amidst ongoing intra-party tensions<\/a> over socialism and foreign policy issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic strategist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-carville\/\">James Carville<\/a> said Monday that he supported <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23138\">Abdul el Sayed\u2019s<\/a> Senate bid, after previously raising questions about the contender\u2019s anti-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> stance and ties to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"510\">socialists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carville\u2019s shift is significant, as he is a longtime strategist known in Democratic circles for embodying more centrist opposition to the rising socialist and anti-Israel influence in the party.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4683498\/james-carville-abdul-el-sayed-support\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>James Carville offers el Sayed reluctant support after Senate candidate distances from Hasan Piker<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4683315\/314-action-fund-attacks-mariannette-miller-meeks-medicaid-cuts-iowa-house-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats attack GOP doctor for cuts to Medicaid in tight Iowa House race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4683217\/democrats-give-senate-gop-new-midterm-ammo-in-opposing-federal-voter-id\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats give Senate GOP new midterm ammo in opposing federal voter ID<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWould I take him in a vacuum? Probably not,\u201d Carville said during an appearance on<em> Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/em>, weighing in on el Sayed\u2019s bid against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers. \u201cBut against a clown like Rogers, who is an election denier running for the United States Senate in the year 2026, who has never at once opposed the interest of Big Pharma? Yeah, I\u2019m going to be for el Sayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development comes after Carville expressed sweeping reservations about one of el Sayed\u2019s top surrogates on the campaign trail, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. Carville has taken issue with Piker due to concerns that he holds antisemitic views,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jvAN_N2OQJQ\"> including comments in April<\/a> that he \u201cwould vote for Hamas over Israel every single time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo talk about the larger Democratic Party, post the election in Michigan going forward, I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker,\u201d Carville said in a recent Fox News interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have no intention of ever being in the same political party with that guy,\u201d he continued. \u201cNow, I think that a majority \u2014 overwhelming majority of Democrats agree with me, but this idea that we\u2019re going to seize the means of production and this \u2014 just go look at the DSA platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed distanced himself from Piker on Sunday, declining to confirm whether he would continue to campaign with the streamer and saying he disavowed Piker\u2019s comment that the\u00a0U.S. \u201cdeserved\u201d the 9\/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another olive branch to more centrist voters ahead of the general election, el Sayed<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abdulelsayed\/status\/2087180702307496164?s=46\"> made a pitch<\/a> to Republicans and independents in Michigan on Tuesday, urging them to give his candidacy a chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carville\u2019s endorsement of his candidacy comes after the strategist has expressed disdain for socialists, who<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/dsa-progressives-wisconsin-michigan-primaries-00986944?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=25491daf-c42b-4649-b20c-4ffd776afc37\"> back<\/a> el Sayed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4675831\/ntsb-investigating-new-mexico-plane-crash-military-jamming-activities\/\"><strong>THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE NEW MEXICO PLANE CRASH TIED TO MILITARY JAMMING ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, Carville<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4627756\/carville-schism-socialist-candidate\/\"> urged socialists<\/a> to split from Democrats and form their own party, warning that \u201cthere\u2019s just some s*** that I can\u2019t be in the same tent with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of these people hate Democrats,\u201d Carville said. \u201cWhy do you want to run as a Democrat? Start your own movement. If it\u2019s such a powerful, sweeping movement that\u2019s got momentum everywhere, then go ahead and be at the head of it. Don\u2019t use the Democratic Party to advance it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Carville backs el Sayed after questioning his views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2643266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/James-Carville-Biden.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81734,77375,32512,5894],"class_list":["post-2643265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-el-sayed","tag-hasan-piker","tag-james-carville","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/James-Carville-Biden.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643269,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643265\/revisions\/2643269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}