‘There’s No Hope’: James Carville Exasperated By Popular Left-Wing Figures Not Freaking Out More About Trump

Democratic strategist James Carville expressed exasperation during a Thursday podcast about The Wall Street Journal editorial page and prominent left-wing individuals not being alarmed enough about President Donald Trump’s second term.

Carville, on his “Politics War Room” podcast, called out Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and comedian Bill Maher for being relatively calm about Trump’s second term.  (RELATED: ‘Two Thumbs Up’: CNN’s Harry Enten Says ‘Americans Are In Love’ With Trump’s Transition Moves)

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“I think when the history is recorded from the election day through today, the people that are really going to look bad are the people that say, ‘Well, look, this is not the end of the world. Let’s try to work with the guy,’ or ‘You’re overreacting to it. It’s Trump derangement syndrome,’” Carville said. “‘I mean, yeah, I don’t agree with him. I don’t like him, but, you know, maybe he’ll change, and we can do something great for America.’ Oh, God Almighty. I mean, we just got to keep writing the names down, like The Wall Street Journal editorial page.”

Co-host Al Hunt said that the WSJ editorial page has “been good on some issues,” which Carville agreed with before seeming to suggest they were not apocalyptic enough about Trump’s second term.

The Democratic strategist then called out Fetterman as an example of the type of person who is failing to take the threat of Trump seriously enough. Hunt said “John Fetterman just wants attention,” a statement that Carville recently made himself.

Fetterman was the first sitting Democratic senator known to have accepted an invitation from Trump to meet at Mar-a-Lago following the November election. They met days before Trump’s inauguration, with Fetterman saying the meeting “was a positive experience.”

Carville also pointed to Maher, appearing to describe the comedian’s stance on Trump’s second term as being too “exhausted” for outrage against him. Maher recently told CNN host Jake Tapper that he’s “not going to chase every rabbit down the hole” as he did during Trump’s first term.

“There’s some kind of somewhat mainstream thought, [and that] is — ‘We just got to deal with the situation that we have and try—’ There’s no hope for that,” Carville added. “None. And to believe that is just to deny history of who the guy is.”

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez similarly expressed concern on a recent podcast about elites and cultural figures openly associating with Trump after shunning him during his first term.

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