'See the writing on the wall': Carville worried Trump could try to rig or cancel midterms
02 July
James Carville speaking at the 2016 Politicon at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California (Image: Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons)
In a stark warning, a top, veteran Democratic strategist says he believes President Donald Trump could try to rig or cancel the 2026 midterm elections, to retain control of Congress.
“I don’t put anything past him, nothing,” James Carville told former CNN reporter Jim Acosta, as The Daily Beast reported on Wednesday. “To try to call the election off, to do anything he can. He can think of things like that that we can’t because we’re not accustomed to thinking like that.”
The Beast noted that “Carville is so convinced that Trump will rig the midterm elections that he’s already started sounding the alarm.”
“You know people come up to me all the time and say, ‘James. I’m really scared,’” Carville told Acosta on “The Jim Acosta Show” (video below).
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“I said, ‘you should be, you have every reason to be scared. Don’t kid yourself,’” Carville added.
“This is scary s—!” Acosta replied.
“Yeah, it’s really scary,” responded Carville. “Really scary.”
The conversation was sparked by a viewer’s question.
“They want to know,” Acosta said, “Do you worry about vote tampering in the midterms?”
“Do you worry,” the host continued, “about Donald Trump and Stephen Miller and some of these types monkeying around with the midterms and the way we do elections in this country?”
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“In the short word, yes, in the longer word, very,” Carville said.
He went on to suggest that Democrats will do well in the governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey, which will be held this November.
“I think what may happen is he’ll see the writing on the wall in Virginia,” Carville continued. “This is what I think is gonna happen. In New Jersey, also. He’s going to see retirements and people are going to start coming in and saying, ‘you know we’re getting ready to lose. I got to change, and I got to get some distance,’ and he’s going to see all that coming and I don’t put anything past him.”
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