Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that the only way Republicans can reclaim their party is to defeat former President Trump in a “landslide victory” in November.
MSNBC's Ari Melber told Carville, Report from Politico It suggested some Republican lawmakers would “be OK” with the former president losing if it meant they could rebuild their party. Carville suggested that only a landslide victory for Vice President Harris could help the Republican Party break away from Trump.
“And remember, the Republicans lost in '64 and won the election in '68. The Democrats lost in '72 and won the election in '76. So what I say to my Republican friends, if you want your party back, if you want to be pro-business, pro-low taxes, pro-light regulation, stand still for the national anthem. The only way you get it back is with a massive defeat,” Carville said on MSNBC's “The Beat.”
“Even if Harris wins 280 electoral votes, that's not going to change anything. I think there's a growing recognition of that, not just among the Washington elites and Trump opponents, but on the ground as well,” Carville added.
Carville wrote a guest essay. The New York Times Earlier this week, Carville outlined a three-pronged strategy to improve Harris' chances of winning the November election. Carville, a former senior adviser to former President Bill Clinton's campaign, said Harris' “biggest political advantage” is that public opinion against Trump is “entrenched.”
he expressed a similar opinion Harris said she has more work to do than Trump to make herself appealing to the American people in next week's debate. ABC News will air the first debate between Harris and Trump on September 10.
“We sometimes over-hype the debates, we over-hype the importance of the debates. I think this one was worth a little bit of hype. We'll see how it goes,” he said. “But he needs this, she needs this, because she needs to really introduce herself to the American voter. People know her now, but they don't know her well enough yet.”
The debate came as many polls projected a close race between Harris and Trump, with the Hill/Decision Desk national polling average of 155 polls showing Harris leading the former president by four points.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
