James Carville Advises Democratic Donors to Freeze Contributions to Candidates Backing Biden: ‘If We Don’t Do Something About This…’

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville urged major Democratic donors who are panicked about President Joe Biden to cease contributing to the campaigns of candidates who back the president, according to a new report in Semafor on Wednesday.

In a conference call held on Tuesday, Carville told the dozens of donors that voters are itching for an alternative to Biden, who bombed in last week’s debate against former President Donald Trump. The performance raised serious questions among Democrats about Biden’s ability to win in November.

The vast majority of congressional Democrats who have publicly addressed the fiasco are still backing Biden.

“Seventy-two percent of people want something different,” Carville said on the call. “Why not give it to them?”

One participant asked, “What can we as donors do to encourage the change in the ticket?”

Carville said donors should ice out politicians who back Biden.

“What I would say is, if we don’t do something about this, I’m going to put you on call block on my cell phone,” Carville said on the call, a recording of which a donor shared with Semafor.

He spun the early debate as a potential positive because it occurred four months before the election.

“Maybe we look back on this thing and say, ‘This is the best thing that ever happened to us,’” he said. “If this would have happened to us on October fifth, we’d be more than bruised, screwed and tattooed. Maybe this will set it into motion something different.”

The longtime strategist has not been shy about his view on Biden’s candidacy after the debate.

“If the Democratic Party can’t produce something different that 72% of people want, why do we exist?” he told CNN on Monday. “What are we here for? I mean, the country is clamoring for change, and what are we going to offer them? The same stuff?”

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