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James Carville argues one key mistake from Biden has left Democrats in disarray
Fox News ^ | July 14, 2026 | Alexander Hall

Posted on 07/15/2026 6:54:29 AM PDT by libstripper

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued Sunday that former President Joe Biden’s refusal to drop out of the 2024 election earlier caused lasting damage to his party.

"So, the reason the Democratic Party is in the shape it is, is because Joe Biden wouldn't get out until July the 21st of the election year, alright?" Carville said on his "Politics War Room" podcast. "Had Joe Biden gotten out in October of 2023, we would have a Democratic president. Don't kid yourself."

"And by the way, all the people on the left who say the Democrats don't fight hard enough never said a word about Biden running for re-election," he continued. "Not any of them. They all fell into line."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2026election; biden; bidencrimefamily; carville; demagogicparty; demagogue; demonrats; duma55; jamescarville; joebiden; kamalaharris

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Carville is certainly right that Biden should have dropped out in October of 2023, by which time any DemonRat who was vaguely sentient could have realized that Biden was no more than an animated gourd. However Carville, one of that party's "great" philosophers, no doubt saw and didn't say anything at the time, as was true for all of the other DemonRats who were happily claiming that Biden was at the top of his game. Funny thing how none of the DemonRats in power ever payed him a confidential visit and told him he needed to drop out to allow an open convention. Of course the DemonRats are essentially Soviet party; the Soviet style is what appealed and appeals to them. So they went that way in 2024 and chose Kamala, the apparatchichs' apparatchik. May they all roast in the fires of hell.
1 posted on 07/15/2026 6:54:29 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

That’s not Joe Biden’s fault. He wasn’t making any decisions. James Carville should have said that Biden’s mental faculties were gone and that he should’ve resigned.


2 posted on 07/15/2026 6:57:47 AM PDT by TTFX
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To: libstripper

Carville’s cheese has slid off of the cracker.


3 posted on 07/15/2026 6:58:12 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: libstripper
"So, the reason the Democratic Party is in the shape it is, is because Joe Biden wouldn't get out until July the 21st of the election year, alright?"

No, serpent-head, it is in the shape it is because it is a pack of lying, leftist, anti-American hypocrites.

4 posted on 07/15/2026 6:59:34 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: libstripper

The mistake of Biden is that the American people got to see how the Democrat Party really operates.


5 posted on 07/15/2026 6:59:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: libstripper

Carville is at least partially right in that Biden should have dropped out earlier. I disagree with his assertion that the Dems had anyone who could have beaten Trump.


6 posted on 07/15/2026 7:01:01 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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"Carville is certainly right that Biden should have dropped out in October of 2023..."

Agreed. Well said.

Of course, I don't agree with Carville that some other Democrat candidate would have defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump.

I think they were doomed regardless, which likely explains why the, ah, "Democratic-Soviets" did what they did.

7 posted on 07/15/2026 7:01:21 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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I wonder who he thought could have been the nominee and won?


8 posted on 07/15/2026 7:04:42 AM PDT by zeebee
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Well, at least the Democrat jerk is “criticizing” ol’ man Biden.

That’s a shocker.


9 posted on 07/15/2026 7:05:50 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: libstripper

Hindsight is 20/20. And it always comes long after it could have been of some benefit.

The mistake by the Democrats was that they chose to cheat, finesse, and finagle their way into power in 2020, instead of simply allowing Trump his second term consecutively, immediately after the first. In January 2025 Trump would have been gone, and the Democrats could have moved with relative impunity.

And Kamala Harris would never have been figured in any election.


10 posted on 07/15/2026 7:09:47 AM PDT by alloysteel (The body may betray or fail. The spirit shall endure and prevail. Courage, courage.)
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To: TTFX

It’s disingenuous as it gets. They knew Biden was mentally incompetent in 20 when they kept him in the basement during the campaign and he was fine with that as long as they won.


11 posted on 07/15/2026 7:11:15 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: libstripper

Somewhere, there is an organ grinder plaintively calling out for his monkey Jim.


12 posted on 07/15/2026 7:15:15 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: libstripper

His “party” has been corrupted long before this. He should acknowledge this fact and abandon the now party of commies. freaks and fags. If we must coexist with such vermin they should have no power at all. They should just mind their own business and live their lives and keep it to themselves . The general public will not go along with their delusions, nor will it approve of their perversions.


13 posted on 07/15/2026 7:30:23 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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If she’s had a longer run, she would have blow through another couple of billions in campaign funds.


14 posted on 07/15/2026 7:40:32 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
...Biden's refusal to drop out... earlier caused lasting damage to his party.
Your fellow socialists say the same thing about your retirement, James.

15 posted on 07/15/2026 7:40:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is just a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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Joe Biden’s refusal to drop out of the 2024 election earlier caused lasting damage to his party.

To Hell with his party! Idiot Joe and his Crime Family inflicted lasting damage to the Country!

16 posted on 07/15/2026 7:42:14 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("The first duty of American government is to protect AMERICAN CITIZENS, not illegal aliens.")
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To: libstripper

The decision to run in the first place.


17 posted on 07/15/2026 7:47:57 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: libstripper

Are folks underestimating how fired up the black communities are since SCOTUS ruling? They lost their minority districts. Could they have record turnout in midterms? Are we getting out the vote or bickering about bullshit?


18 posted on 07/15/2026 7:49:56 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: bigbob

Biden was chosen, because they knew only a white guy could beat Trump in 2020.


19 posted on 07/15/2026 7:52:47 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: libstripper

Why wasn’t Carville calling for Biden to drop out at that time then? It wasn’t until the next Summer that Carville began suggesting that.


20 posted on 07/15/2026 7:53:04 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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