Democratic strategist James Carville advised Democrats to shift their focus away from discussing the January 6th Capitol riot and the 2020 election and instead concentrate on attacking Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.
Democratic strategist James Carville has implored his party to abandon discussions about the January 6th Capitol riot and the 2020 election, arguing that such conversations have become counterproductive and are distracting from more pressing issues.
Carville Urges Democrats to Drop Jan. 6 and 2020 Election Talk
"We need to sell harder. We need to really sell because you’ve got all of this disinformation… and they’ve got to selectively pick out what it is that they want to talk about," Carville said on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe.' "We’ve talked about January 6th ad infinitum, ad nauseam," he added. "We’ve been talking about who won the election. Leave it alone."
Carville specifically urged Democrats to focus on Vance's comments from the vice presidential debate, where he argued that former President Trump "salvaged" the Affordable Care Act (ACA) while he was president. Trump and Republican allies made several efforts to repeal the ACA, also known as Obamacare.
Carville Urges Democrats to Drop Jan. 6 and 2020 Election Talk
"Have Obama come out and say, ‘how dare he say this about our healthcare plan,'" Carville suggested.
The Jan. 6 Capitol riot and Trump's repeated claims of 2020 election fraud have been fodder for his opponents for years. However, Carville believes that Democrats need to pivot their messaging strategy and concentrate on more salient issues.
Carville Urges Democrats to Drop Jan. 6 and 2020 Election Talk
Carville also believes that the Republican endorsements of Harris are helping her. "I think the Liz Cheney, the Dick Cheney stuff, all these national security people coming out, I think that helps," he said. "I really do."
During his "Politics War Room" podcast earlier this month, Carville emphasized that Harris should be aggressively targeting Vance and Trump for the Obamacare comments. He called Vance's claim "an out-and-out lie," repeatedly asking why Harris herself wasn't out in the media talking about it.
Regarding the upcoming November election, Carville predicted a surprise, stating that "This entire cycle, things have happened that we couldn‘t imagine," adding, "How many times did we start the day, start the news night, ‘Who could have thought this was going to happen?’"
Carville emphasized that the race is still undecided, saying, "Each article should have at least 10 paragraphs.
