James Carville ripped into progressive Democrats focused on “identity politics” and questioned why they would want to be part of the Democratic Party at all.
In a Tuesday video for Politicon, Carville argued that a “schism” may be necessary to reconcile the differences between progressive Democrats focused on “pronoun politics” and more traditional Democrats like himself.
“The only thing I’d ask is just don’t use the word ‘Democratic’ in any title that you have, because most Democrats that I know that are running for office don’t want your name, don’t want you to be part of the deal,” the Democratic strategist said, adding progressives can “come up with your own name.”
Carville previously went after a progressive group for having people choose buttons with their preferred pronouns at a Washington, D.C. event earlier this month. Carville called it “maybe the stupidest fucking thing” he’s ever seen, arguing such identity politics turn away voters.
“Now we just went through this,” Carville said, referring to President Donald Trump’s election victory in 2024.
The former advisor to ex-President Bill Clinton’s winning campaign suggested an “amicable split” where progressives and other Democrats can still live under the “same general philosophical roof.”
“Maybe we could have a kind of amicable split here, and we go to post in 2026. Because you don’t ever run. They never run against a Republican. Okay? All they do is run against other Democrats,” he said, referring to “pronoun politics” Democrats.
Carville added:
I don’t quite understand why you’re so anxious to have the word ‘Democrat’ in the description of what you do. But maybe we can have an amicable split here and you go your way and we go our way. And after the election, we come together and see how much common ground we can find. I know this is of heresy. It’s always been — the Democratic Party has always been the coalition. People said we have to work hard in the coalition.
Watch above via Politicon.
