James Carville Urges Ex-Biden Official Not To Lose Focus On This GOP 'Gift' To Democrats

The Democratic strategist said his party would be "stupid" to talk about anything other than the move by the president.

James Carville on Monday scolded Neera Tanden, who served as a senior adviser to former President Joe Biden, after she argued how Democrats could “go on the offensive” and “win” on the issue of immigration.

Tanden, formerly the director of the Domestic Policy Council, wrote in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal on Sunday that Americans have been “repelled” by Donald Trump’s aggressive policies on the issue. She urged Democrats to take on the president through “a credible plan to secure the border” and “fix what’s broken” in the immigration system.

Carville — when asked by Fox News’ Martha MacCallum what “substantive thing” he’d like to see Democrats focus on — swiftly pointed to Trump passing his “big, beautiful bill” into law.

“Cutting veterans’ benefits, closing rural hospitals, raising $3.4 trillion on our national debt. I mean, when you have something simple in a gift like this to contrast yourself, you would be stupid to talk about immigration or talk about bathrooms or track meets or anything else,” Carville said.

Carville has repeatedly called on Democrats to turn their attention toward Trump’s tax and spending law, predicting that the legislation would mark a “mass extinction event” for Republicans in Congress.