The tensions between the far-left and more establishment wings of the Democratic Party are not going away, as evidenced by some sharp comments from former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton this week.Clinton lamented during a Friday interview that the far-left doesn’t fall in line and support establishment Democrats as figures like Hasan Piker are demanding fealty, while also warning Republican attacks on hard-left socialists could be "very effective.""Pivot" podcast host Kara Swisher noted to Clinton that the Democratic Party is having a tense internal struggle between its more establishment and progressive wings to the point that Republican opposition has learned to capitalize on it."I think there's no doubt that, you know, the Republican Party is the Trump cult and the Democratic Party is a bigger tent.You know, we do have a broad cross-section of people, what they believe, what their experiences are.
I think that's an advantage," Clinton said."But we also have to win general elections."Clinton noted that many Democrats now will have to learn to pivot and support the progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign to defeat Republican Mike Rogers, while El-Sayed’s supporters will have to learn how to re-integrate defeated Haley Stevens and her supporters who they were "vilifying" online and in person.2026 MIDTERMS STATE OF PLAY: KEY RACES UNFOLD AS STEVENS, EL-SAYED BATTLE IN MICHIGANFormer Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called out the progressive wing of her party.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Clinton warned that the Democratic Party’s coalition cannot afford to keep being a one-way street in terms of supporting candidates."One thing that we haven't yet seen enough of is that when the progressives, the left — whatever we want to call, you know, candidates on that side of the Democratic Party — when they lose, they often don't support the candidate that has been nominated," she said."You know, there was a lot of reluctance to ...