Former Democratic state Representative Bakari Sellers criticized strategist James Carville on Wednesday for his harsh comments regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign staff. Carville had lashed out at younger progressive staffers who opposed Harris appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast, calling their objections irrelevant.
- Sellers questioned Carville’s connection to modern voters, mocking his “manic outbursts” as outdated and unhelpful to current Democratic politics.
- Carville argued that Harris’ campaign staff was overly cautious and dismissed their advice as uninformed, using strong language to criticize their input.
- The debate centered on whether Harris should have appeared on Rogan’s podcast, with Carville asserting the decision would not have changed the election outcome.
- Trump’s October appearance on Rogan’s podcast drew 51 million views, fueling speculation about the potential influence of such media platforms.
Former Dem Lawmaker Rips James Carville For ‘Manic Outbursts’ After He Unloaded On Young Harris Staffers
Former Democratic South Carolina state Rep. Bakari Sellers criticized Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday after he lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign staff.
Harris’ “progressive staff” reportedly opposed the vice president appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience” due to concerns of potential “backlash,” second gentleman Doug Emhoff’s senior adviser Jennifer Palmieri said on Nov. 13, according to the Financial Times. Sellers, on “CNN News Central,” responded to a clip of Carville ridiculing Harris’ staff by questioning the Democratic strategist’s relevance and mocking his behavior.
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“I mean, look, the Democratic Party is far beyond James Carville. I mean, I’m not sure that he’s in the mainstream. I’m not sure the last time that he actually talked to voters who were in a barbershop or in a college dorm room, or the last time that he had a town hall meeting or visited a town hall meeting or pressed the flesh or kissed a baby,” Sellers said. “I love the fact that people go to James Carville so that they can have outbursts like that.”
“He’s the [college basketball coach] Dan Hurley of Democratic politics, where you just have these kind of manic outbursts day in and day out. The Joe Rogan debate is old. If she would have gone on Joe Rogan, she still would have lost this race,” he continued. “[President-elect Donald] Trump didn’t win this race because he went on Joe Rogan. It’s hard to win a race when 75% of voters say they were better off four years ago than they are today.”
The Harris campaign had weighed the prospect of appearing on Rogan’s podcast to boost her backing among male voters, Reuters reported on Oct. 15. Carville, in a Monday YouTube video, argued that the vice president should not have taken her staffers’ advice seriously.
“The vice president was thinking about going on Joe Rogan’s show, and a lot of the younger progressive staffers pitched a hissy fit … When you put a campaign together and you hire young people to do work, let me tell you exactly what you tell these people — what I would tell ’em,” Carville said. “Not only am I not interested in your fucking opinion, I’m not even gonna call you by your name. You’re 23 years old. I don’t really give a shit what you think.”
“If I were running a 2028 campaign and I had some little snot-nosed 23 yea old saying, ‘I’m going to resign if you don’t do this,’ not only would I fire that motherfucker on the spot, I would find out who hired them and fire that person on the spot,” he added. “I’m really not interested in your uninformed, stupid, jackass opinion as to whether you go on Joe Rogan or not.”
Trump’s Oct. 25 appearance on Rogan’s podcast spanned three hours and has garnered 51 million views on YouTube as of Wednesday.
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