Ana Kasparian: 'I’m done with the Democratic Party'



Ana Kasparian, co-host of “The Young Turks,” is one of the few voices in the political sphere who refuses to blindly follow the crowd based on claimed political ideology — and she’s not afraid to say it.

“I find myself in this weird politically homeless place right now, because you look at the Democratic Party, and both in pathology and in policy, I feel that they’ve taken on some of the characteristics that were indicative of the Bush-era Republicans,” Kasparian tells BlazeTV host James Poulos on “Zero Hour.”

And Kasparian believes this began to happen after President Trump’s emergence onto the political scene around the 2016 election.


“I really do think that Donald Trump specifically just kind of came in, stirred the pot, realigned things in some ways,” she explains. “So for instance, he was such a disruptive force that the left in general just really didn’t know how to react or respond to him, and I think that they, the mainstream Democratic Party, has kind of taken on ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’”

“So I think the biggest mistake the Democratic Party has made in recent years is this mistake in thinking that if someone, or a political ideology, is against Trump, that must mean they’re good for the Democrats,” she continues.

And one of the Democrats Kasparian believes Americans need to watch out for is California Governor Gavin Newsom.

“Gavin Newsom is a snake, and he is setting himself up for a presidential run. And as a result, he’s kind of presenting himself as some sort of reasonable, more moderate Democrat,” Kasparian tells Poulos.

“He is someone that you shouldn’t trust or believe,” she says. “He has overseen the absolute destruction of the state that I was born and raised in, the state that I absolutely love.”

“Gavin Newsom is the perfect example of a politician who wants to be a leader but doesn’t have the characteristics necessary to actually be a leader,” she continues, adding, “Gavin Newsom follows trends, and he goes along with what he thinks is politically popular at any given moment.”

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The INFURIATING reason why fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles



The wildfires around Los Angeles are a historic disaster. Los Angeles officials believe the number of dead is higher than reported, and thousands of homes have been destroyed in the flames. Over 130,000 people are under evacuation orders.

But that all raises the question: Why was California so unprepared?

Right as the firefighters were attempting to contain the breakout, the fire hydrants ran dry.

“This sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it happened,” Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” comments, noting that when Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was asked about why the fire hydrants ran dry, he told reporters that “local folks are going to have to try to figure that out.”


“Wait a minute. Hang on just a second. So the guy who holds the highest political office in California, who is constantly meddling in every single person's personal life, who loves big government, more than comfortable with the phrase ‘trust us, we’re the government, we know better, we’re here to help,’” Glenn says, “he’s been doing all the deals with water, and he has the balls to look at the camera and go, ‘What do you want from me?’”

“You people have set California up,” Glenn adds, before referring to a social media post from former liberal Ana Kasparian.

“CA, and especially LA, is controlled by Democrats. THEY are responsible. No more passing the buck. Our Mayor, who was in Ghana as fires exploded in our city, cut the fire budget by $17 million. Endless amounts of money funneled to bullshit scammer homeless nonprofits. We’re the highest taxed yet we have encampments and squalor everywhere,” Kasparian wrote in a post on X.

“Even worse, we don’t have enough firefighters to respond to the absolute disaster we’re experiencing right now. Rather than conserve the record rain we got last year, we just drained it into the ocean. We are a failing city run by a sick excuse for local government. You want to radicalize people against the modern Democratic Party? Send them to LA,” she concluded.

Ana then quote-tweeted a video from an organization called More Perfect Union, which says, “One billionaire couple owns all the water in California. In 1994, the Resnicks secretly seized control of California’s public water supply. Now their companies use over 150 billion gallons every year while working class people suffer under drought conditions.”

“Now, I’m not letting this California company off the hook, but this is the response that always happens from the left,” Glenn says, adding, “They treat corporations all across the spectrum the same way, and you see it in health care, food production, pharmaceuticals, on and on and on. It is never the government’s fault; it’s those damn corporations.”

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'It builds resentment toward the party'

Left-wing host melts down over report Kamala Harris may run for California governor: 'No! What are you doing?!'



Left-wing commentator Ana Kasparian had a passionate and negative reaction to the report that Vice President Kamala Harris may run for governor of California after her disastrous election loss.

Kasparian was discussing the issue with "The Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur when he opined that if Harris ran for governor in California that she would easily win.

'This state cannot survive another incompetent Democrat leading it!'

"I think Kamala Harris would probably win in a cakewalk for governor," said Uygur.

"No!" Kasparian yelled immediately. "No! What are you doing?! What are you doing?!"

"I am telling you the reality whether you like it or not!" he replied. "Democratic voters in California love to obey!"

"Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!" she exclaims. "I'm gonna move, Cenk! I'm gonna quit my job! I'm gonna quit my job, and I'm gonna move!"

"I'm not saying I'm in favor of it!" Uygur responded.

"This state cannot survive another incompetent Democrat leading it!" Kasparian said. "No, we just can't!"

Video of her outburst was posted to social media where many on the right reacted with glee.

Harris led the Democratic Party into an election where they lost control of the U.S. Senate, lost the presidential election, and allowed Republicans to retain control of the House of Representatives. While some Democrats have tired of Harris, sources say she is already planning to either run for California governor or run again for president in 2028.

Kasparian quoted a report that Harris was in a "wait and see" mode about her next steps.

"How about you wait and see, like, your way out of public life!" Kasparian said. "Go do what you're supposed to do! Go work in the private sector; go do the lobbying thing. Whatever it is, but do not run as governor of California! Do not!"

Kasparian has recently taken steps toward accepting some conservative criticism of Democratic policies. Among the most entertaining was when she blew up after finding out that electric car charger installation at a housing association would skyrocket her housing costs.

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‘What Are You Doing!?’: Co-Host Left Stunned After Cenk Uygur Claims Kamala Could Easily Become California Governor

'I'm going to quit my job and I'm going to move'

Glenn Beck interviews left-wing Ana Kasparian, and they AGREE on mainstream media lies and the border crisis



Although Glenn Beck and Ana Kasparian, producer and host for "The Young Turks," a liberal media outlet, represent opposite sides of the political spectrum, these “strange times” we’re currently in led to a sit-down interview in which they discovered that they actually agree on a number of important issues.

Their open and honest conversation mirrors the coalition of people of all stripes that formed around Donald Trump during the election.

“People on the right, people on the left, and the people somewhere in between or nowhere at all are starting to agree — hey, we have problems, and we have to stop this political division before it destroys us completely,” says Glenn.

While the duo broached several topics, including government stock trading, free speech, and Kamala Harris welcoming an endorsement by Dick Cheney, among many others, one highlight of their conversation was their discussion of the mainstream media and the border crisis it pretended didn’t exist.

Although Ana still identifies as “left-wing,” she has undergone some changes in her “policy prescriptions.”

When Glenn asked if there was a singular moment that “changed everything” for her, Ana gave a complex answer.

On one hand, yes — there was a specific incident that was a catalyst for change.

“I was sexually assaulted by a homeless guy in Los Angeles in my neighborhood,” she said, noting that it wasn’t the incident itself as much as “the reaction of the left” that was transformative for her.

“They were far more concerned with me talking about it because they felt that that was stigmatizing the homeless community,” she told Glenn.

This “social justice” faction of the left was “loud enough to push [her] away completely.”

On the other hand, some of Ana’s evolution took place over time as she started scrutinizing not only the “social justice left” that condemned her for speaking out on her abuse but also the mainstream media and the Biden administration that it panders to.

She began to realize that these radicalized entities all pushed the narrative that there wasn’t a border crisis and to say there was made someone “anti-immigrant.”

She pointed to Cook County, Chicago, as an example.

“You have an influx of migrants going to Chicago, right? You have a lot of anger among the black community in Chicago because they've been nickel-and-dimed by their local government, and at the same time, their mayor, Brandon Johnson, is doling out the cash for migrants and justifying it,” she said.

However, when she spoke out on this issue and said, “Democrats need to wake up because more and more voters feel like they're being abandoned by the Democratic Party, economically speaking,” she was called “anti-immigrant,” even though she is the daughter of immigrants.

“I’m not anti-immigrant, but I do have a problem with the Biden administration neglecting the border, pretending like there wasn't a migrant crisis at all, allowing these municipalities to be inundated with migrants without any federal resources to deal with the problem,” she explained.

However, before she came to this conclusion, she took the mainstream media at its word.

“I bought the mainstream media narrative that there wasn't a migrant crisis,” she admitted.

But now she knows the truth. “When it comes to mainstream media, the fact of the matter is they do play defense more and more for the Democratic Party, and that's an issue," she acknowledged.

“It wasn't until Texas Governor Greg Abbott started busing or sending migrants to blue cities where that woke me up,” she told Glenn.

After that she stopped “relying on mainstream media reporting or anyone's reporting” and started doing her own investigating.

“What I'll do is I'll go out of my way and I'll watch the entirety of a … local government function. I talk to real people, and I get a sense of where hearts and minds really are,” she revealed, “and so on election night, I wasn't surprised at all.”

“I knew what was coming,” she said.

To hear more of Glenn and Ana’s enlightening conversation, watch the episode above.

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‘That woke me up’: Ana Kasparian’s HORRIFYING story that made her leave the left



Ana Kasparian of “The Young Turks” has notoriously preached Democratic talking points — but it seems her perspective has since shifted.

In a recent interview, Kasparian made this clear when she explained to Jillian Michaels that she has left the left after realizing the dangers of “wokeism.”

“In 2022, it was around March, I was walking my dog. It was not quite dark yet, but the sun was setting. As I’m walking my dog, I see these two guys that were just kind of like moving around weirdly. You know, they seemed kind of manic,” she explained.


“Their clothes were tattered, so I just knew that they were probably homeless, and I also knew that they’re probably on something just based on the twitchy way they were acting,” she continued. “As I was bending down to pick up my dog's mess, one of the guys grabs me by my hips and he had an erection.”

“I didn’t know what to do; I was terrified. I didn’t have a weapon on me; I had no way of defending myself. I didn’t know how far it was going to go, 'cause it’s two guys. I’m by myself with my little dog. It was one of the most terrifying things ever.”

When she decided to open up about it on her own show, she was met with harsh blowback — including being called “racist” despite never disclosing the race of the men who did it.

“I’m starting to get these messages and it’s like really harsh stuff, and it’s about how you are painting a picture of the homeless community, you know, ‘How could you be like this, these are your unhoused neighbors and they need help,’” she told Michaels, adding, “That woke me up.”

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” is thrilled to see her change her mind.

“I am always very enthused when someone wakes up, and it’s interesting that it takes something so personal, like say a drug-addicted homeless guy with a boner attacking you, that will get people to wake up. So I would say that is a net good,” he says.

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Leftist Ana Kasparian says California is 'a s[***] show under Newsom'



Leftist commentator Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks described California as 'a s[***] show under" the leadership of Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.

"California is *without question* a s[***] show under Newsom. But I guess propping up proven failures is what the Democratic party excels at these days," Kasparian opined in a post on X.

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Newsom, who has served as governor since early 2019, won reelection last year after surviving a gubernatorial recall election in 2021.

When Chuck Todd of NBC News raised the prospect of Newsom mounting a White House bid if President Joe Biden does not run, the governor responded by suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris is the person who would be "lined up," but he added that Biden will run and people "need to move past" the idea that the president will not run.

Prior to serving as vice president, Harris served as a U.S. senator from California. She had previously served as the state's attorney general.

Newsom: Democrats need to ‘move on’ from worries over Biden re-election www.youtube.com

Biden, who announced his reelection bid earlier this year, is already the oldest president in U.S. history. He holds a decisive lead over Democratic primary challengers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson, and appears to be on track to easily clinch the Democratic presidential nomination again.

Former President Donald Trump has been trouncing the entire field of GOP presidential primary candidates and will likely become the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, which means that American voters could see a rematch of the 2020 presidential contest in 2024.

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Liberal 'Young Turks' host apologizes for repeatedly amplifying Democratic activist's lies: 'I screwed up royally'



Leftist script-reader Ana Kasparian of "The Young Turks" apologized Wednesday for parroting multiple false claims made by a disgraced critic of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

For having been fooled and in turn fooling her audience for years, Kasparian said, "I should've done my due diligence. I failed to do so. By failing to do so, I feel like I misled the audience into thinking that Rebekah Jones is some sort of hero."

What did she get wrong?

Rebekah Jones, the woman who lost a congressional race in a landslide to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) last year and who has up until recently enjoyed Kasparian's support, is a former Florida Department of Health data analyst who was fired for insubordination, having intentionally crashed the state's COVID dashboard.

Around the time of her dismissal, Jones accused the DeSantis administration of fudging its coronavirus data — a claim later determined to have been false by Florida Inspector General Michael J. Bennett.

"Based upon an analysis of the available evidence, the alleged conduct, as described by the complainant, did not occur," concluded the inspector's report.

Police later executed a search warrant on Jones' Tallahassee house after a data breach involving the theft of 19,000 employees' personal information was linked to the disgraced former data analyst's home IP address.

The National Review noted that while DeSantis had nothing to do with the warrant or its execution, Jones accused the governor of targeting her with his "gestapo." Furthermore, she suggested that police pointed weapons at her children, which bodycam footage later proved to have also been false.

Despite indications that Jones had a loose relationship with the truth, liberal media outlets, including Kasparian's, continued to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Last week, Jones' 13-year-old son was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot up his school.

Officials in Santa Rosa county indicated that Jones' son had made threats online in February that he would shoot up Holley Navarre Middle School and stab students who angered him, reported the Pensacola News Journal.

According to investigators, the teen wrote:

  • "I want to shoot up the school";
  • "Okay so it’s been like 3-4 weeks since I got on my new antidepressants and they aren’t working but they’re suppose to by now so I have no hope in getting better so why not kill the losers at school";
  • "I’m getting a wrath and natural selection shirt so maybe but I don’t think many ppl know what the columbine shooters look like"; and
  • "If I get a gun I’m gonna shoot up hnms lol.:
These threats resulted in a digital threats of terrorism charge.
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jillian Durkin indicated that following a vacation to Mississippi, Jones turned her son in.

However, Jones later took to Twitter, claiming her son had been "taken on the gov's orders."

"There is no freedom here," wrote Jones. "Only retaliatory rule by a fascist who wishes to be king."

\u201cMy family is not safe. My son has been taken on the gov's orders, and I've had to send my husband and daughter out of state for their safety.\n\nTHIS is the reality of living in DeSantis' Florida.\n\nThere is no freedom here. Only retaliatory rule by a fascist who wishes to be king\u201d
— Rebekah Jones (@Rebekah Jones) 1680741734

Jones insinuated that her son's arrest was politically motivated and that he was targeted because his mother was "a legally-protected whistleblower."

The Democratic activist and failed congressional candidate also accused police of kidnapping her son.

Here is footage allegedly showing Jones waiting with her son at the sheriff's office:

\u201cVideo of the arrest after Rebekah Jones\u2019 son was caught threatening to shoot up a middle school\n\nhttps://t.co/9T6SbspQhQ\u201d
— Facts Nordau (@Facts Nordau) 1680882685

Partisan blindness

Kasparian admitted Wednesday that Jones' latest string of lies gave her pause, prompting her to re-evaluate the other claims she repeated on her show.

Not only did "The Young Turks" host call into doubt Jones' self-description as a whistleblower but the accusations she leveled in 2020 against DeSantis regarding COVID death numbers, the details pertaining to the alleged raid, and the arrest of her son as well.

"Part of the reason why I screwed up is because I had all these biases, of course, against Ron DeSantis," she added. "And I don’t really feel bad about that because I think Ron DeSantis has done some pretty terrible things in the state of Florida, but it becomes a problem when that bias blinds you to what the facts of various stories happen to be."

"We bought this. I bought this. We reported exactly what she said," said Kasparian. "And now I have some degree of regret for doing that."

While admitting some accountability, she suggested the "mainstream media" was especially deserving of blame.

"If they're not doing their due diligence, if they're allowing their personal biases to stand in the way of actual, factual reporting, well, that's unfortunately going to trickle into the way independent news sources cover these stories as well," said Kasparian.

In her apology, Kasparian said, "I want to correct all of those errors that we had previously reported. And I want to be clear that out of everyone who works on the main show, the only person who should be held responsible for that is me. I’m the executive producer of the show and I screwed up royally."

Mediaite reported that Kasparian and "The Young Turks" weren't alone in celebrating Jones and amplifying her lies. MSNBC, CNN, the Washington Post, and the Miami Herald also peddled her narrative.

TYT Correction: Update on Rebekah Jones Story youtu.be

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Far-left pundit Ana Kasparian has a complete meltdown over the cost of climate change policies: 'I am freaking the f*** out!'



Far-left YouTube pundit Ana Kasparian went into an expletive-filled meltdown over the cost of liberal policies to combat climate change.

Kasparian made the comments on a member video feed for the progressive "Young Turks" YouTube channel with co-host Cenk Uygur.

The progressives were discussing California's plans to phase out gas-powered cars and gas stoves when Kasparian launched into a rant about the cost to build charging stations at the housing association where she lives.

"They just ban the sale of any new gas-powered cars or gas stoves," she said. "And so the technology that you have at your home, the gas stove that you have at your home, if it breaks, not only are you not able to buy a new one, but it gets increasingly more difficult, you get what I'm saying?"

"I get it, but that's the normal bumps in the road as you transition to things," Uygur replied.

"I know, but Cenk, don't minimize the financial burdens associated with these things, OK?" she responded.

"Because I am literally freaking the f*** out about the charging station thing," Kasparian said. "We're gonna take out a massive f***ing loan to pay for it! We're not getting any help from the f***ing government on that!"

"Did you, did you guys ask, is there any tax credits?" Uygur asked while receiving a glare from Kasparian. "But seriously, you say there's no government help at all, to transition you guys?"

"Cenk. I don't give a f*** about tax credits!" she interjected.

Uygur tried to mollify Kasparian, but she continued to rant about the cost of the green policies.

"I want to do something in response to climate change, that is not my issue here. My issue is how, like, we're forced to make all these changes that are a financial burden, a giant inconvenience, with little to no help," Kasparian continued.

"And the solution from the government in terms of, 'no no you get financial benefits' for doing this, is f***ing tax credits!"

Kasparian went on to demand the government pay directly for the expensive green energy policies they were implementing.

"No, I don't want the tax credits! Give me the money! Give, you give me the money, OK!" she yelled.

"Don't tell me this bulls*** about how I have to buy some new fucking thing because the government's forcing me to do it, and then like, after I file my taxes, there's a certain portion of that purchase that might be tax deductible," she added in a mocking tone.

"Like f*** off!" she exclaimed. "I'm so sick of it! It's just like endless pressure pressure pressure! I can't take it!!

Kasparian's complaints were quite similar to the warnings given by Republicans and other conservative critics of the green energy policies being advocated by far-left progressives. Uygar was forced to agree with her that the liberal policies were demanding too much from the average person and the middle class.

"Oh the middle class is the most f***ed group of people in this country!" Kasparian exclaimed.

Kasparian has also been excoriated by the left for departing from the progressive narrative about the transgender agenda.

Here's the video of Kasparian's comments:

\u201cAna Kasparian changes her views about the Green New Deal initiatives after her building board goes into debt trying pay for charging stations for electric cars \ud83e\udd23\u201d
— 1776 (@1776) 1681317162

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