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Investor Bill Ackman called the Democratic Party “crazy, radicalized and anti-American” during an interview on Tuesday, arguing that the party is “in a very bad place.”
“I think the Democratic Party is in the worst place it’s ever been, in the 250-year history of the country,” Ackman told Katie Miller, host of the “Katie Miller Podcast.” “I think it’s become like this crazy, radicalized, you know, anti-American thing. I think it’s — and by the way, I think there’s some very high-quality Democrats, you know, senators and, sure, some congressmen — but the party itself, I think, is in a very bad place.”
Ackman specifically named Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as someone he used to be friendly with but now believes has “compromised” on his values.
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Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“And 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 primaries,” Ackman said. “You know, actually, Senator 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, and they’ll support, you know, a quasi-terrorist, perhaps running for Senate in Michigan, because they have to for the party,” Ackman said. “Stuff like that to me is, or terrorist supporter, is not, that’s, I find that pretty, deeply concerning.”
Schumer’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
“Chuck Schumer has been in Washington long enough to know exactly what’s happening to his party. The question isn’t whether he sees it. It’s whether he’s willing to do anything about it,” Y. David Scharf, chair of Morrison Cohen’s government strategies and controversies practice, told Fox News Digital of Ackman’s remarks.
“There’s something remarkable about watching one of the most powerful Jewish Democrats in America struggle to stand up to the very people in his party who are alienating Jewish voters,” he continued. “Bill Ackman isn’t asking Schumer to become a Republican. He’s asking him to act like the Democrat he spent decades telling us he was.”
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks at a news conference in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2026. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)
Ackman appeared to reference Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has faced questions over his family’s alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The controversy followed a Washington Free Beacon report about social media posts in which El-Sayed’s half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, described her family’s history with the Muslim Brotherhood.
In one 2012 post, Abdelhadi described a conversation with her and El-Sayed’s mother, Fatten Elkomy, about her involvement with the organization during college in Egypt.
“Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early ’70s while she was in college #respect,” she posted to X.
El-Sayed has denied any family connections to the group. During a recent interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” El-Sayed rejected the assertions when asked to set the record straight.
“I have no ties; we have no ties,” El-Sayed said.
During a town hall on Saturday, El-Sayed responded to a man identified as Tommy, asking him whether he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Sure,” El-Sayed said. “Yeah, absolutely. But I want to ask the question that you’re asking: Why are you asking the question?”
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Ackman has also previously voiced his opposition to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, criticizing his policies as harmful to the city.
“I’m not a fan,” he responded. “He’s very smart, very charismatic, very good at politics, but I think the decisions he’s making are very bad for New York.”
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When asked if he’d consider running for mayor, Ackman responded, “I would say possibly, but I think I could achieve a lot more by helping a very talented person do that job.”