Democratic strategist James Carville unloaded on DNC Vice Chair David Hogg this week for Hogg’s past threats to primary sitting Democrats; it’s “jackassery of the highest level,” Carville said during a recent episode of the Tara Palmeri Show.
Hogg announced plans in April to help unseat certain Democrat members of Congress in the 2026 primary elections, spending millions to support younger candidates.
“Let me be very specific. I think it is abominable that an official of a political party who is being paid or supported by that political party to go out and raise money to defeat members of the same party. I think that’s a jackassery of the highest level,” Carville said.
“If you want to beat Republicans, which, of course, lefties never do, they never even run against them. That’s one thing. I’m not into beating Democrats. I’m into beating Republicans,” Carville added.
“Let me be very specific. I think it is abominable that an official of a political party who is being paid or supported by that political party to go out and raise money to defeat members of the same party. I think that’s a jackassery of the highest level,” Carville said.
“If you want to beat Republicans, which, of course, lefties never do, they never even run against them. That’s one thing. I’m not into beating Democrats. I’m into beating Republicans,” Carville added.
Watch the clip below:
James Carville does not back down while debating DNC Vice Chair David Hogg's 20 million dollar strategy to primary Democrats:
Tara Palmeri: "You've [James Carville] said that members of the DNC should sue him for doing this, since David is a member of the party leadership."
James… pic.twitter.com/wCnElJvhUJ— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) April 30, 2025
According to a March CNN/SSRS poll, the Democratic Party hit its lowest favorability rating of 29%, dropping 20 points since January 2021.
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