James Carville Fumes Over DNC Land Acknowledgment: 'Try To Win F**king Elections'

The longtime Democratic strategist slammed the Democratic National Committee on his podcast for purportedly giving Republicans what they want.

James Carville appeared palpably enraged that the Democratic National Committee kicked off its annual summer meeting Monday with a land acknowledgement, saying on his “Politics War Room” podcast Thursday: “You’re supposed to try to win fucking elections.”

DNC Chairman Ken Martin opened the Minneapolis summit by introducing Lindy Sowmick, treasurer of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and self-described “Indigenous queer woman,” who read an acknowledgement in honor of the region’s Dakota people.

Carville argued that such rituals hurt the ailing Democratic Party, as right-wing voices mock them as signs of weakness for their audience. The New York Times reported that the Democratic Party is losing registered voters at a staggering rate while President Donald Trump continues to amass power.

“OK,” said Carville on his podcast after reading some of Sowmick’s words to the audience. “Lady, you’re right. That land, what we did to Native Americans, is really well-documented. And it is a sad part of our nation’s history. Why are you bringing this up in an election?! OK?

“What we did with all kinds of things, with slavery, with experiments, with drugs, what we did during … the Confederacy during the Civil War, and Andersonville,” the 80-year-old continued. “This is an election, and the DNC is not the place to discuss this!”