Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday called on Vice President Kamala Harris to tell the “progressive left” to “fuck off” because they are ruining her campaign.
Harris has previously championed progressive policies and rhetoric, such as supporting a ban on fracking, likening Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the Ku Klux Klan and praising the “defund the police” movement, but she has reversed some of those positions since becoming the Democratic nominee.Political War Room” He said the “progressive left” is “just completely wrong” on every issue and that the vice president should take on them during the 2024 campaign. (Related article: “Kamala was in on it too”: Pro-Trump PAC pulls anti-Kamala Harris ad within two hours of Biden's departure)
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“Understand this, and I say it as clearly as I can: If you've ever listened to anything the progressive left has said, you will deeply regret it. They are completely wrong on literally every issue,” Carville said. “Just ask Elizabeth Warren about Medicare for All. She ruined her campaign with one speech. Now just ask the 'defund the police' people… I'd love to read a good article about who the real strategic idiots were behind her 2020 presidential campaign, because they really were idiots, OK?”
“And why does the border matter? It's because Biden listened to these people early in his term. They weren't just wrong, they were catastrophically wrong,” he continued. “I want you to understand that. These people aren't just wrong, they're a walking disaster. And the sooner people realize that, the better off they'll be. And they don't have much power. I wish she'd tell them all to fuck off… Their power is totally overstated. They can't win elections outside of Dem +25 districts.”
During her time in the Senate, Harris pushed several left-leaning bills, including on diversifying the government's workforce, environmental justice, a moratorium on evictions and work authorization for certain undocumented immigrants.
Harris' campaign says she no longer supports banning fracking, The Hill reportHer campaign also claims the vice president supported Biden's call for increased funding for border security. according to To the New York Times.
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