Democratic strategist James Carville expressed concern about the upcoming election during an appearance on MSNBC's Ari Melber. "The only thing I feel is the election is coming November 5th. I’m scared to death," he said. He emphasized his deep worry, stating, "I’m very, very concerned."
Carville pointed out that Vice President Kamala Harris has only about 20 days to ramp up her messaging. Hurricane Milton is expected to dominate the news cycle soon. "They need to be sharp. They need to be aggressive," Carville urged. He suggested Harris should stop simply responding to questions and start asking them. "No matter what, if I come on your show, you will ask me the questions."
Melber asked if Carville wanted to see more press conferences from Harris. He affirmed the need for her to control the narrative. "Where she’s out saying, ‘What is J.D. Vance talking about that Trump saved Obamacare? He tried to destroy it at every point,’" he explained. Carville believes President Obama should be part of this effort. "He only has a 92% approval with Democrats."
Obama is set to campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania on Thursday. Carville criticized the Democrats for not countering the messaging from the Trump-Vance campaign strongly enough. "She and the whole campaign need to be much more aggressive and much less passive than they are," he said.
As of now, Harris hasn't held a formal press conference since becoming the Democratic nominee 81 days ago. Last week, on his "Politics War Room" podcast, Carville reiterated that Harris should confront Vance and Trump over their Obamacare comments. He called Vance's statement "an out-and-out lie."
Carville questioned why Harris hasn't been more visible in the media. "Why isn't Harris herself out today talking about that?" he asked, pushing for action. "Get off your a--. Move, move, move!"