That’s the blunt diagnosis of the man who famously guided Bill Clinton to the White House in the early 1990s.
Back in July, in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Carville said the party’s emphasis on “woke” issues was endangering its ability to keep its House and Senate majorities.
Carville’s argument is that by focusing on removing statues or defunding the police or on proper pronouns for transgender students, Democrats are talking too much about issues that matter less to a broad swath of Americans than, say, the economy.
“Some of these people need to go to a ‘woke’ detox center or something,” Carville told Woodruff. “They’re expressing a language that people just don’t use, and there’s backlash and a frustration at that.”
There’s evidence from Virginia that Carville is on to something. Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) centered his campaign on alleged wokeness in education — from mask mandates to critical race theory to transgender issues.
The Point: Carville’s complaints about wokeness have generally been dismissed as the views of a formerly great strategist who is no longer in touch with modern politics. But, after Tuesday, Democrats should bring Carville in and listen to every word he says.