Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued that the recent election loss shows that young, idealistic progressive staffers are a liability to the Democratic Party.
Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville scorched young progressives in the Harris campaign, arguing that their role in scuttling her interview with Joe Rogan helped cost her the election.
A campaign official said earlier this month Vice President Kamala Harris backed out of appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience” because of “concerns at how the interview would be perceived within the Democratic Party” and “backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it.”
Now, as numerous political commentators continue to debate how the Rogan snub hurt Harris, Carville blasted the influence of the staffers.
“The vice president was thinking about going on Joe Rogan’s show and a lot of the younger, progressive staffers pitched a hissy fit”, Carville said on Politicon Tuesday. “Supposedly the campaign said that wasn’t a determining factor, but they did.”
The experienced campaign operative went on to explain how to deal with young staffers who try to assert their own opinions.
“When you put a campaign together and you hire young people to do work, let me tell you exactly what you tell these people.
