James Carville warns Democrats not to get baited into discussing woke issues: 'You’re going to look silly'

Democratic strategist James Carville advised Democratic leaders Thursday not to get distracted by woke issues and instead begin to stick it to President Donald Trump where it really hurts In the latest episode of his Politics War Room podcast the former adviser to Bill Clinton declared he believes his party should focus on hitting Trump over the excesses of his trillion big beautiful bill and warned them not to let the Republican Party distract them with radical issues they're on the wrong side of politically like trans rights Don t let them go there And the inhabitants is with you he noted urging his party to stay on target SENATE PASSES TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' AFTER MARATHON VOTE-A-RAMAThe strategist began by noting how opposition to the big beautiful bill which Congress passed and Trump signed earlier this month is one of the Democratic Party s strongest issues to run against the GOP at the moment If I were the Democrats I d say Look why don t we have a campaign about issues this time ' he reported We re invariably talking about how we have personalities This is one of those rare moments where Republicans and Democrats agree on the topic and that is Is the big beautiful bill good or bad That is an argument that the Democrats cannot lose OK Carville added They can t lose it Trump s law passed with zero assistance from any Democratic Party members in either chamber of Congress House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries D-N Y labeled the bill cruel during floor remarks that lasted hours pointing to Medicaid and SNAP reforms that reports suggest would remove millions of beneficiaries from the programs TAX CUTS WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ASYLUM FEES HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE THE SENATE'S VERSION OF TRUMP'S BILL This is a rare time in American politics that we have an agreement on what the number one issue should be Carville commented adding This is a really good opportunity for Democrats to look big and talk about something that really really matters to people He also noted that if Democratic leaders focus upcoming elections on this issue there is no way they can lose those Following those points co-host Al Hunt argued that the GOP will start hammering radical left issues like the trans issue to distract from the weaknesses of their spending bill However Carville commented he doesn t think Democratic figures will fall for it this time CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND WAY OF LIFE I think at this point you re going to look silly if you go to trans stuff okay I think that idea has like come and gone he announced about the GOP continuing to make hay of those issues I think the Democrats realize they re not going to say anything stupid on this again Still he warned the Democratic Party Just don t let them take you there They re going to try anything they can but don t let them go there