Sunday, November 8, 2026

‘It Cost Us Seats’: Carville Slams Dems’ DEI Return

 RedState

"When someone's right, he's right. In warning Democrats about this, James Carville is right. Let's hope that the Democrats don't listen to him. I mean — he's just another old white guy, right?"


"James Carville, the Democrat strategist from the Clinton era who somehow manages to keep reappearing, has some stark warnings for the new Democrat majority. On Thursday, Carville appeared on a podcast called "Politics War Room" and warned the incoming Congress and other Democrats against bringing back some of what Carville rightly points out are some of the Left's dumbest recent ideas — like Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI.

And, about that, credit where credit's due; he's not wrong.

Carville spoke with a panel on Thursday’s episode of the "Politics War Room" podcast about the Democrats' midterm victories before responding to a statement from Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., declaring that "DEI is back."

"I really like him. He's a very personable man. I think these people are all wrong," Carville reacted. "They tried DEI. The country hated it. Just hated it. It cost us seats."

Carville also pointed out that even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) can, like the proverbial blind squirrel, find an acorn every now and then.

Carville agreed with comments from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., dismissing "Woke 1" and argued that returning to those policies would take the party in the wrong direction.

Bear in mind that Carville, a Clinton creature, hasn't really changed his tune all that much since the Clinton presidency; bear in mind also that the Bill Clinton of, say, 1995, after the 1994 drubbing he took in his first midterm election, would be considered a flaming right-winger by today's Democrats." . . . More.

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