Democratic political strategist James Carville expressed frustration with the state of his party on his podcast Thursday, arguing that Republicans are able to get away with lying while Democrats are held to a higher standard of credibility.
Talking to guest Ryan Lizza, a journalist, he said, “People say to me all the time, ‘James, why don’t we do like the Republicans do? Just stand up and lie?’ Because our f—ing people wouldn’t stand for it!” Carville said. “If I was to stand up and lie, you would be the first person to stand up and say, ‘James Carville lost all credibility last night when he said X, Y and Z.’”
Carville, a longtime political talking head, was a top strategist for former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign.
“Yeah, I can spin,” Carville continued. “I can shade. Everybody does that. They just look you right in the eye and lie!” He added, “And then our people say, ‘We ought to lie like them!’ No, we shouldn’t! ‘Cause they would not do that. It would not go over well.”
President Clinton was impeached in 1998 by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice connected to his testimony about a relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
The issue of authenticity came up more recently during the 2024 election. A new book claimed Democrats had major concerns about former President Joe Biden’s decline and cognitive abilities ahead of his June debate against President Donald Trump, despite publicly maintaining that the former president was fit to serve another four years.
Carville, one of the most influential voices in the Democratic Party who called on former President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, has responded to the split among Democrats as to Biden’s role.
“And I think it’s fair to say that we’re long-time, at some level, admirers of Joe Biden,” Carville said on his podcast in January. “What he’s done to himself is, no one wants to hear from this guy anymore, OK?”
Fox News’ Lindsay Kornick and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
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