Democratic strategist James Carville called President Biden the “most tragic figure in modern American politics," criticizing the president for his decision to wait until so close to Election Day to remove himself from the presidential race.
Carville blamed the historic dropout for Vice President Harris’s loss.
"The different scenario would be, 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,” he said on the latest episode of his podcast, “Politics War Room.”
“And it wouldn’t have been that close, because we would have had so many frickin’ talented people that were running, and he would be sitting here right now getting ready to leave on a high note. They would be naming commissions to figure out what are we going to name after him.”
He added that Biden “knows he f‑‑‑ed up” and would have been “the toast of Washington” had he made different choices.
The strategist was seen as a predominant voice in calling for the incumbent president to step down during the election, although he said helping lead that push transformed him into “the person [he’s] always hated.”
Carville also previously called out Harris’s campaign for their spending practices and said the campaign lacked motivation.
