‘He Is aware of That He F**ked Up’: James Carville Calls Biden ‘Most Tragic Determine’ In U.S. Politics

James Carville says President Joe Biden is the “most tragic” political determine of his lifetime, not due to his controversial pardon of his son Hunter Biden, however as a result of Carville thinks Biden’s delayed exit from the race gave Democrats little likelihood of successful the 2024 presidential election.

“I actually feel for Biden, and he knows that he fucked up,” Carville mentioned 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 each to run for reelection and to not intrude in his son’s felony tax and gun costs, however reversed course on each points; he dropped out of the race in July and pardoned his son on Sunday for any crimes he might have dedicated between early 2014 and late 2024.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who took Biden’s place because the Democratic presidential nominee, finally misplaced the election to her GOP opponent, President-elect Donald Trump. Carville argues that Biden’s preliminary wavering, and the Democrats’ subsequent electoral loss, turned an in any other case admirable run right into a failure.

“The most tragic figure in American politics in my lifetime is President Biden,” Carville declared.

Addressing Biden’s reversal on pardoning his personal son, Carville appeared comparatively unbothered. “So he said, ‘I’ll never pardon the kid,’ OK … everybody’s going to do whatever they’re gonna do with their own children,” he reasoned.

“But … if he would have in September of 2023 or August said that he wasn’t going to run, goddamn we would have won this election,” Carville argued. “And it wouldn’t have been that close because we would’ve had so many talented frickin’ people that were running.”

The longtime Democratic strategist mentioned that Biden may have left the White Home “on a high note” as “the toast of Washington” with landmarks named after him, and {that a} future Democratic president may’ve pardoned Hunter Biden.

“What’s so sad [is], it didn’t have to be this way,” Carville added. “He brought it all on himself.”

The strategist had predicted a clear-cut win for Harris however admitted after she misplaced {that a} lack of Democratic primaries had left the occasion with out choices. Carville reiterated Thursday that he deeply respects Biden, which made the election final result all of the extra devastating, he mentioned.

“All of this is fucking self-inflicted,” he mentioned within the video. “It’s tragic, it’s sad, and of course everything about him is… it’ll be six years before somebody comes back and talks about all of the stunning things [Biden accomplished].”