Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville took a page out of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” and gave it a sickening twist, claiming on Wednesday that he could recruit a “convicted pedophile” and coach that candidate to a win over a Republican.
Carville — the brains behind former President Bill Clinton’s “it’s the economy, stupid” — cracked the off-color “joke” on his “Politics War Room” podcast in the wake of sweeping victories for Democrats in Tuesday’s elections. The joke was primarily a reference to Virginia Attorney General-elect Jay Jones, who won his election despite the revelation that he had once texted a colleague about wishing violence on a political opponent.
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Laughing as he laid out his plan, Carville said, “I’m personally going to find a convicted pedophile and run him in a race just to see if he could beat a Republican. I’m not sure. I’m not going to say that a convicted pedophile could win.”
“And by the way, the guy that was running against [Jones] ran a pretty good campaign,” Carville said, speaking of incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA). “He ran ads … if you think … the most interesting thing, drum roll, I’m going to give y’all the most interesting piece of news of the cycle, even more interesting than Bucks County. The Republican legislator who released the texts lost. And Jay won.”
Carville continued to laugh as he added, “I mean it’s just — just a little tidbit. Hey, you got some baggage out there with Trump, people. Just know that.”
Carville made headlines recently when he argued that President Donald Trump’s “collaborators” should be treated like Nazis in post-war Europe, and be paraded through the streets in orange jumpsuits with their heads shaved so that the people could spit on them.
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville took a page out of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” and gave it a sickening twist, claiming on Wednesday that he could recruit a “convicted pedophile” and coach that candidate to a win over a Republican.
Carville — the brains behind former President Bill Clinton’s “it’s the economy, stupid” — cracked the off-color “joke” on his “Politics War Room” podcast in the wake of sweeping victories for Democrats in Tuesday’s elections. The joke was primarily a reference to Virginia Attorney General-elect Jay Jones, who won his election despite the revelation that he had once texted a colleague about wishing violence on a political opponent.
WATCH:
Laughing as he laid out his plan, Carville said, “I’m personally going to find a convicted pedophile and run him in a race just to see if he could beat a Republican. I’m not sure. I’m not going to say that a convicted pedophile could win.”
“And by the way, the guy that was running against [Jones] ran a pretty good campaign,” Carville said, speaking of incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA). “He ran ads … if you think … the most interesting thing, drum roll, I’m going to give y’all the most interesting piece of news of the cycle, even more interesting than Bucks County. The Republican legislator who released the texts lost. And Jay won.”
Carville continued to laugh as he added, “I mean it’s just — just a little tidbit. Hey, you got some baggage out there with Trump, people. Just know that.”
Carville made headlines recently when he argued that President Donald Trump’s “collaborators” should be treated like Nazis in post-war Europe, and be paraded through the streets in orange jumpsuits with their heads shaved so that the people could spit on them.
