About David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner and author of "The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists."

His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Weekly Standard, New York Post, RealClearPolitics, Reason, National Review, The Federalist, USA Today and numerous other publications. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, "ABC World News Tonight," "NBC Nightly News" and dozens of radio talk shows across the country.

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Economic Populism Is a Dead End for the GOP Sep 11, 2026

It was probably inevitable that the Right's economic populism would degenerate into promises of more government checks. Early in the week, the administration floated the idea of redirecting federal childcare aid so low-income married stay-at-home par... Read More

We Spend a Lot More on Welfare Than Bombs. And That's a Problem Sep 04, 2026

The other day, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani told Qatari state media that the United States was "spending tens of billions of dollars on killing people" when that money "could have been used to make life easier" for the public. "There always seems to... Read More

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The 'Gaza Genocide' Is a Hoax Sep 02, 2026

In May 2025, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, went on BBC Radio and told the audience that 14,000 babies in Gaza were going to die "in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them." According to UNICEF,... Read More

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El-Sayed's Insane Circumcision Analogy Aug 28, 2026

"Sex changes for minors. Do you support that?" Fox News host Jesse Watters recently asked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. "So you think it's OK for a parent to slash his kid's ding-a-ling off?" Watters finally interjects. "Are you ... Read More