Bill Ackman blasts radicalized, anti-American Democratic Party and disasters Pritzker, Newsom

Billionaire hedge funder Bill Ackman says the Democratic Party is in the worst shape in its history – and thinks likely 2028 presidential contenders like Illinois Gov.JB Pritzker and California Gov.

Gavin Newsom are “disasters.” On a Tuesday episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast,” Ackman said there are some impressive Democratic members of Congress, but insisted the party as a whole has fallen into shambles. “I think the Democratic Party is in the worst place it’s ever been.In the 250-year history of the country,” the founder of Pershing Square Capital Management said.“I think it’s become like this crazy, radicalized, you know, anti-American thing.” He zeroed in on Democratic politicians who, he said, have been bending the knee to more extreme party members — specifically jabbing at New York Sen.

Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader. “I think the problem with people who’ve chosen to be a politician for a career, you either have to get with the party in order to continue or you get primaried,” Ackman said. “Sen.Schumer, I had a good relationship with him over the years.

I thought he was a good man.But in recent years, I felt he’s just trying to keep his job.

And, you know, that’s the really low point for politicians, when they’ll compromise on their values,” he added.“And they’ll support, you know, a quasi-terrorist perhaps running for Senate in Michigan because they have to for the party.Stuff like that to me is – or terrorist supporter – I find that pretty, deeply concerning.” He was seemingly nodding to far-leftist Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

His GOP opponent, Mike Rogers, has sought to link El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood, a terror-designated Islamist group.El-Sayed has since denounced the group, though his biological mom was an activist for the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a social-media post from her daughter, El-Sayed’s half-sister. Ackman said he has some friends in t...