{"id":2442331,"date":"2025-06-03T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-eyes-golden-opportunity-for-dems-in-trump-military-parade\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:47:20","slug":"carville-eyes-golden-opportunity-for-dems-in-trump-military-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-eyes-golden-opportunity-for-dems-in-trump-military-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Carville eyes &#8216;golden opportunity&#8217; for Dems in Trump military parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarville-eyes-golden-opportunity-for-dems-in-trump-military-parade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2442331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic consultant James Carville views President Donald Trump&#8217;s upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">military parade<\/a> on his birthday as a &#8220;golden prospect&#8221; for Democrats to unite in support of U.S. veterans. He argues that this event could highlight the values associated with veteran care and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-now-biden-delivers-remarks-in-maryland-on-bidenomics\/\" title=\"Biden speaks on Bidenomics in Maryland. Live now.\">encourage bipartisan efforts<\/a> to address their needs. Carville criticizes the Trump management&#8217;s proposal to cut 15% of staff at the Department of veterans Affairs, suggesting it would harm veterans&#8217; access to essential mental health services. He emphasizes that Democrats should prioritize veterans&#8217; issues over other political battles, asserting that this more relatable message would resonate better with the public. The military parade, set for June 14 to celebrate the Army&#8217;s 250th anniversary, has received significant criticism from some Democrats, including concerns about its cost and implications for road infrastructure in Washington, D.C.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Carville eyes &lsquo;golden opportunity&rsquo; for Democrats in Trump military parade<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1847833\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic consultant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-carville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Carville<\/a> called President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> military parade, which will be held on his birthday, a &ldquo;golden opportunity&rdquo; for Democrats to rally together to prop up U.S. veterans. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a fight we can fight together,&rdquo; Carville said. &ldquo;This is an important fight because it says so much about us as a nation, and it has the potential of saying so much about us as a political party, and the real potential of saying so much about them as a political party. They&rsquo;re always talking about how we want to talk about values, but what higher value do you have than in the contract that a nation makes for their veterans? That&rsquo;s a value. That&rsquo;s a value that we ought to all stand together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3429722\/newark-mayor-arrested-sues-alina-habba-malicious-prosecution\/\">Newark mayor sues Alina Habba for false arrest and malicious prosecution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3428233\/minority-farmers-disproportionately-subsidized-biden-usda-loans\/\">Minority farmers disproportionately subsidized by Biden-era USDA loans, data shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3429774\/ncis-protection-navy-secretary-internal-review\/\">NCIS launches internal review following Navy Secretary security failure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Carville criticized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3338882\/trump-administration-fire-employees-veterans-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">proposal to cut 15% of staff <\/a>at the Department of Veterans Affairs, or about 80,000 employees. The Democratic strategist said the cuts would hurt the ability of veterans to seek crucial mental health services. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump administration Republicans are gonna f*ck Johnny!&rdquo; Carville said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s going to happen to Johnny! He&rsquo;s gonna end up eating a .38! And his last call is going to be to a non-existent veterans&rsquo; suicide prevention hotline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At a Senate hearing last month, VA Secretary Doug Collins said the 15% proposal<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3403169\/doug-collins-defends-va-workforce-reduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> is not final<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Carville said Democrats would be far better off making support for veterans a central message as opposed to &ldquo;fighting the oligarchy,&rdquo; referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s (D-NY) speaking tour that stopped at Coachella in April. He says the message of fighting for veterans would register more with the masses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t know what an oligarch is, but they know where the veteran is, they know what suicide is, they know what an obligation is, they know what a country is,&rdquo; Carville said.&nbsp; &ldquo;And I would ask my friends on the progressive side of the equation or whatever it is, this is something that we can join together in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s military parade is set for June 14 and is meant to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Army. It&rsquo;s garnered fierce criticism from Democrats, in particular Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3428036\/adam-schiff-horrified-by-trump-military-vanity-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called<\/a> the parade a &ldquo;celebration&rdquo; of his &ldquo;power.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3422824\/trump-military-parade-army-250-anniversary-celebration-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP MILITARY PARADE: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ARMY&rsquo;S 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also expressed concern about the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3428458\/muriel-bowser-worried-trump-military-parade-damages-16-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> parade&rsquo;s impact on the roads<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The parade is projected to cost $45 million, with $16 million expected to go to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >repairing damaged roads caused<\/a> by the military tanks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1847833\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1847833\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carville sees a &#8216;golden opportunity&#8217; for Democrats in Trump&#8217;s parade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2442332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/James-Carville-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37143,3685,56465],"class_list":["post-2442331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-carville","tag-democrats","tag-golden-opportunity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/James-Carville-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442335,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442331\/revisions\/2442335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}