James Carville warns of ‘realism’ facing Kamala Harris in quest to beat Trump

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential run that beating Donald Trump isn’t going to be easy.

Carville, who appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday told co-host Mika Brzezinski that even though funding for Harris’ presidential campaign is off to a record-setting start, her supporters should face the reality that there’s tough road ahead.

“It’s going to be very close, and I understand that people are feeling a lot better and excited. But that excitement has got to be tempered with realism, and the realism is she has a tough campaign,” Carville said.

Carville tempered the Democratic Party’s excitement around Harris’ candidacy, saying that she has a lot to accomplish in a short time period. REUTERS

Brzezinski pressed Carville to expound on his “realism” point.

The political strategist said that Harris has a few headwinds, including a shortened runway to “accomplish what most campaigns have eight months to do.”

He added that Harris’ identity as a minority woman may excite some voters, but she faces former President Trump, who has a very enthusiastic base of his own that is ready to fight to get him elected.

Trump has galvanized his base and is an “entrenched,” “locked-in” candidate that will be tough for Harris to beat in November, Carville noted. Shutterstock
Carville told “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Bzezinsky that Kamala Harris has “tough sledding” ahead in her quest to beat Trump and clinch the presidency. MSNBC

“You know, we have a woman, a non-white woman, and people are genuinely and understandably excited about that. But we also got a locked-in and entrenched opponent who’s got a large part of the country behind him who are going to pull out — and they don’t care what’s true or what’s fair or anything else — and you got to be ready for that at every point.”

Carville added, “All I’m saying to Democrats is, enjoy yourself, feel good, but it’s tough sledding ahead, and let’s get together and get this thing done.”

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