Democratic strategist James Carville called on Democrats to make a “strategic political retreat” in a guest essay for The New York Times on Tuesday, telling members of his party “to play dead.”
“Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight, and make the American people miss us. Only until the Trump administration has spiraled into the low 40s or high 30s in public approval polling percentages should we make like a pack of hyenas and go for the jugular. Until then, I’m calling for a strategic political retreat,” he wrote.
“With no clear leader to voice our opposition and no control in any branch of government, it’s time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead,” the strategist continued.
Carville has also recently called for the party to “play possum” amid nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and his administration’s actions.
Carville predicted former Vice President Kamala Harris would win the election in November after regularly voicing concerns that former President Joe Biden had a tough path to victory prior to him dropping out of the race.
However, he said in early February that Democrats started their “7th string quarterback” by running Harris after Biden dropped out.
Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.
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