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“It’s impossible for me to ignore the events in the Oval Office earlier today. It’s stunning. I think anybody who watched it saw it. And I’m torn for an explanation, but there’s something clear. There’s an expression here in south Louisiana. It’s not totally true, but it’s you mostly hear it from Black people, and they’ll say, ‘that boy ain’t right.’ And it’ll be somebody obviously having some kind of a personality disorder or whatever. Well, when you look at Trump, the first thing that comes to your mind, that boy ain’t right.”
— James Carville, on Politicon.
“What I have said very publicly is that Democrats need to play possum. This whole thing is collapsing. …. I believe that this administration, in less than 30 days is in the midst of a massive collapse and particularly a collapse in public opinion. …. It’s going to be easy pickings here in six weeks. Just lay back.”
— James Carville told Mediaite that the Trump administration would “collapse” within 30 days and advised Democrats to sit back and let it happen.
“The Joe Biden story is one of the great tragedies of American politics. I really mean that. He should be having a glorious, well deserved, highly acclaimed retirement. And he’s not. It’s hard to blame anybody but him.”
— Veteran Democratic political strategist James Carville, quoted by NBC News.
“The damage that the 2024 campaign has done — the damage that this decade has done to a Democratic brand — is almost unfathomable.”
— James Carville, quoted by USA Today.
“Today I am pulling my stool up to the political poker table to throw my chips all in: America, it will all be OK. Ms. Harris will be elected the next president of the United States,”
— Democratic pundit James Carville, writing in the New York Times.<.h2>
“I’m scared. I was scared before and I’m still scared — scared to death. Because I have a pretty good idea of what happens if this thing goes the wrong way.”
— James Carville, quoted by Puck.
“Well, I’ve given up. Every time I come on I want to really talk to you about substantive issues. I don’t want to talk to you about this clown sh*t.”
— James Carville, when asked on a podcast about Laura Loomer.
“The most thunderous sound in all of American politics is the sound of a turning page.”
— James Carville, in an interview with the New Republic.
“He has a shark-like survival instinct. And he knows that he’s not having the same effect as he used to. He knows that Harris has become what he’s always wanted to be, is the kind of hot item…. He’s not the new kid on the block anymore, and he’s struggling to regain that.”
— Democratic strategist James Carville told the New Republic that Donald Trump “knows he’s in deep trouble” — and it’s “driving him crazy.”
