{"id":2452410,"date":"2025-06-26T13:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-warns-democrats-after-zohran-mamdanis-victory-dont-cheer-just-yet\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:33:34","slug":"carville-warns-democrats-after-zohran-mamdanis-victory-dont-cheer-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-warns-democrats-after-zohran-mamdanis-victory-dont-cheer-just-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Carville Warns Democrats After Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s Victory: Don&#8217;t Cheer Just Yet"},"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\">22<\/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-warns-democrats-after-zohran-mamdanis-victory-dont-cheer-just-yet%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=2452410&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>In a recent op-ed for The Washington Post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-impeachment-political-theater-ignores-us-history-constitutional-lawyer\/\" title=\"Trump Impeachment \u2018Political Theater,\u2019 Ignores US History: Constitutional Lawyer\">liberal media commentator<\/a> and former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville cautioned Democrats against being overly optimistic about the results of the New York City mayoral primary, were democratic socialist Zohran mamdani is expected to win the nomination. Carville argues that such a nomination reflects the Democratic Party&#8217;s drift toward the far left, which may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buzz-about-buttigieg-as-2024-candidate-overlooks-his-far-left-agenda-analysts-say\/\" title=\"Buzz About Buttigieg as 2024 Candidate Overlooks His Far-... Agenda, Analysts Say\">alienate moderate voters<\/a> and jeopardize their support in the upcoming elections. He expressed concerns about the party&#8217;s increasing disapproval ratings and their failure to address key issues like economic instability and public safety, which he attributes to the leadership of President Joe Biden and the focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worlds-best-business-school-adds-diversity-and-woke-investing-majors\/\" title=\"World\u2019s Best Business School Adds Diversity And Woke Investing Majors\">progressive social agendas<\/a>. Carville also pointed out the backlash against radical positions, such as those calling for police defunding and controversies regarding transgender participation in sports. Ultimately, he believes that the direction in which the party is heading could lead to significant electoral losses, with Mamdani&#8217;s candidacy seen as possibly damaging to other Democratic candidates.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Liberal media commentator and former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville warned Democrats against cheering over New York City&rsquo;s mayor primary results in an op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday, saying they may lose votes nationally by nominating the far-left Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/24-years-9-11-nyc-dems-pick-muslim-defends-terror-hates-israel-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected victory<\/a> in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City is sure to advance the conventional wisdom that the Democratic Party faces two very difficult years ahead,&rdquo; Carville <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2025\/06\/25\/zohran-mamdani-democrats-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the prevailing story goes, the party has high and growing disapproval,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Its own voters see it as a party with weak leaders who don&rsquo;t get things done or lead on behalf of the middle class. And its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >primary voters pick candidates<\/a> who appeal to the far left &mdash; such as Mamdani, a democratic socialist &mdash; not the mainstream electorate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to expressing opinions on achieving &ldquo;queer liberation&rdquo; by &ldquo;defunding the police,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/zohran-mamdani-ban-guns-tweet-reactions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banning all guns<\/a>, arresting Israeli officials, and playing apologist for radical Islamists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-mom-nycs-muslim-socialist-mayoral-candidate-declares-not-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his own mother<\/a> said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-said-it-best-vp-contenders-audition-for-slot-by-slamming-vance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Who said it best: VP contenders audition for slot by slamming Vance - Washington Examiner\">candidate didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t consider himself American.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-breaks-silence-mamdani-democrats-crossed-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> is only 33 years old, but when he was in college, his filmmaker mother was interviewed and felt the need to highlight how un-American he considered himself to be.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>These are major red flags that were ignored by an ailing Democratic Party desperately in need of an expanded voter base. Instead they decided to go even further to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Yet somehow Carville claimed there are enough moderates in the party to constitute a blue wave in the 2026 elections, writing that readers should &ldquo;watch for an earthquake in the midterms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He then quickly pivoted back to how radical the Democrats have become and laughably blamed former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The great majority of Democratic voters hate the activist, elite agenda that dominated the Democratic Party under President Joe Biden,&rdquo; the opinion piece read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He also embraced a critical view of American history that prioritized racial justice,&rdquo; Carville said of Biden. &ldquo;The administration saw people through their group identities and created campaigns and policies that were unpopular and crowded out talking about economic issues and people&rsquo;s finances during an extended cost-of-living crisis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The piece admitted Biden&rsquo;s awful policies at the southern border contributed to the party losing voters and that their attempts at offering half-measures to fix the problem were never going to work.<\/p>\n<p>Carville also criticized Democrats for failing to read the tea leaves on the transgender issue, citing polling that showed &ldquo;half of Democrats said they want to ban&rdquo; self-described transgender male athletes from women&rsquo;s sports.<\/p>\n<p>The piece then touched on riots and looting led by Black Lives Matter protestors, explaining how calls from radicals like Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez to defund the police &ldquo;haunted Democrats as cities faced growing violent crimes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When circling back to the mayoral election, Carville said, &ldquo;We salute Mamdani&rsquo;s running on affordability in the city and putting the cultural issues on a back burner. Republicans however won&rsquo;t leave them there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-urged-revoke-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-deport-communist-control-act-1954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> who has pushed cultural talking points. Republicans barely have to lift a finger to expose him as a radical.<\/p>\n<p>During a Wednesday interview, however, Carville seemed to be on the fence regarding Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the democratic socialist will drag down other candidates as he makes more media apparencies, adding that the recent election result could be &ldquo;a potentially damaging event,&rdquo; Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/carville-calls-socialists-victory-nyc-mayoral-primary-potentially-damaging-event-democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These bizarre and radicalized candidates will continue to show how the Democratic Party has lost touch with a base that once delivered them resounding victories, and even gave them a trifecta supermajority at the beginning of Obama&rsquo;s presidency in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>How they must long for the days of compromise when their big blue wall still stood tall.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He warned that nominating the far-left candidate Zohran Mamdani could cost them votes nationally. Carville noted that Mamdani&#8217;s anticipated win would reinforce the belief that the Democratic Party faces significant challenges ahead, as many voters perceive it as lacking strong leadership and failing to address middle-class concerns. He criticized the party for selecting candidates like Mamdani, a democratic socialist, who appeal more to the far left than to mainstream voters. Additionally, he highlighted various controversial views held by Mamdani and pointed out how his mother once remarked on his lack of identification with being American. Despite acknowledging these issues, Carville suggested there are enough moderates within the party for a potential blue wave in 2026 elections but quickly returned to criticizing how radicalized Democrats have become under President Biden&#8217;s leadership. He argued that Biden&#8217;s focus on identity politics has overshadowed economic discussions during a time of rising living costs and contributed to voter loss at the southern border. Carville also mentioned polling indicating that many Democrats support banning transgender athletes from women&#8217;s sports and discussed how calls from figures like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to defund police have negatively impacted Democrats amid rising crime rates. In relation to Mamdani&#8217;s campaign, he acknowledged his focus on affordability while warning Republicans would exploit cultural issues against him, suggesting this could harm other candidates in future elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Zohran.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37143,3685,42386,32504,56601],"class_list":["post-2452410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-carville","tag-democrats","tag-election-warning","tag-political-strategy","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Zohran.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452410","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452410"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452414,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452410\/revisions\/2452414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}