'He Knows That He F**ked Up': James Carville Calls Biden 'Most Tragic Figure' In U.S. Politics
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The Democratic strategist slammed Biden for not exiting the presidential race sooner and lamented that his otherwise "stunning" legacy is now overshadowed.
James Carville says President Joe Biden is the “most tragic” political figure of his lifetime, not because of his controversial pardon of his son Hunter Biden, but because Carville thinks Biden’s delayed exit from the race gave Democrats little chance of winning the 2024 presidential election.
“I actually feel for Biden, and he knows that he fucked up,” Carville said Thursday in a video for Politicon. “He wasn’t crooked, he didn’t pursue bad policies, he is the most tolerant, loving, caring, non-prejudiced person you can imagine, and this is what he’s faced with.”
Biden pledged both to run for reelection and not to interfere in his son’s felony tax and gun charges, but reversed course on both issues; he dropped out of the race in July and pardoned his son on Sunday for any crimes he may have committed between early 2014 and late 2024.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who took Biden’s place as the Democratic presidential nominee, ultimately lost the election to her GOP opponent, President-elect Donald Trump. Carville argues that Biden’s initial wavering, and the Democrats’ subsequent electoral loss, turned an otherwise admirable run into a failure.
“The most tragic figure in American politics in my lifetime is President Biden,” Carville declared.
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