James Carville admits Dems focused too much on Trump, rips alternative media for 'goofy information'

Democratic strategist James Carville broke down why he thought Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election with CNN host Michael Smerconish on Saturday. 

Carville replied, "Well, first of all, I totally agree with that person," adding, "Michael, there's the simple, basic rule of politics is voters want an election about them. They don't want an election about you or your opponent. And for too much, we lost that. I lost it myself. We made it about Trump and we didn't make it about voters."

The longtime Democratic strategist was also critical of his party's understanding of how people receive their information, stating, "Now what I am going to educate myself on is how people receive information. I don't think Democrats fully appreciate that." 

Carville noted the Republican Party's utilization of alternative media, stating "I think they're much better at like what we would call alternative media, but I'm not sure alternative media is not the main place that people get information now," adding, "I want to know where these people are getting this goofy information from. And there's so much misinformation and you just can't correct it all."

He also claimed that Republicans took the crisis at the southern border and "framed it as an economic issue. These people are coming to take your jobs. They're actually doing no such thing."

As for the future, Carville presented three issues that the Democratic Party should focus on for the next election, "Let's try codifying Roe v Wade, that has two-thirds support. It's all across the Democratic Party. They can't do it. Let's talk about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. That unifies the Democratic Party. That has over two-thirds support. Do that. Let's talk about taxes over 400,000. Don't let those tax cuts expire. Take that money and put it into a first-time homebuyers relief fund or rental relief fund. They can't do that."