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Wokeness? Biden? Where did Dems go wrong? Carville has thoughts…
During a post-election message, Democratic Party strategist James Carville of “It’s the economy, stupid” fame deconstructed his party’s missteps that resulted in a blowout loss for Kamala Harris.
“I think there were a couple big, big mistakes and something overreaching. First of all … by Biden staying in so late, we didn’t have any process,” Carville said. “We had all of this unused cordwood sitting on the sideline, okay? And I mean really good, really good unused — You know, that if we’d had some kind of an open process and it would have been much better … It could have been worse, but it sure could have been a lot better.”
Carville thinks Harris could have done a better job separating herself from the unpopular Joe Biden.
“She didn’t separate herself from Biden. But what killed the Democrats, and what killed Biden, was a sense of disorder. And part of the sense of disorder was the unfortunate events of what I would refer to as the woke era,” he added. “We got beyond it, but … the image stuck in people’s minds that the Democrats wanted to defund the police, that they wanted to empty prisons. You know, the immigration stuff, obviously again a big mistake, but more importantly, it created to the perception of disorder.”
Then there’s the Afghanistan disaster…
“The Afghanistan withdrawal — while I think Biden was 100% right in getting out — it was disorderly. Inflation was a sign of people’s sense of disorder, that there wasn’t anyone in charge,” Carville said. “And, you know, if we learn anything from this, it’s change is what wins elections, particularly, you know, people were pointing out, it’s a 65% wrong track country. And in a 65% wrong track country, we were offering people the same track.”
Carville also hit Harris for her now-infamous response on The View when she said “nothing comes to mind” when asked if she would have done anything differently than Biden.
“And, you know, you can say it’s easy in hindsight, but the basic fundamentals of politics were not being paid attention to. And you’re right, the campaign didn’t — except for that one answer, which was the whole, which was the money question, by the way — just say that one question. But that one question became the whole definition of the campaign,” the Democratic strategist asserted. “And, you know, if you answer 99 questions really well, but you get the big one wrong, the outcome is going to be wrong. And, you know, it’s easy to say in retrospect, but the reason it’s easy to say is because truisms in American politics showed themselves to be, well, what they are — truisms.”
“I don’t think it’s fair to just chalk up Trump winning to racism, sexism, homophobia or antisemitism. Yes, he tapped into all of the worst things America has ever had to offer, and there are a lot of people who agree with his rhetoric and voted for him because of those reasons,” he said. “But I truly believe most people voted for him because they want more money in their pocket and they want to feel safe.”
Watch the clip below:
James Carville breaks down the “big, big mistakes” that led to Harris’ downfall. @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/JrPE9StMMX
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) November 6, 2024