Longtime Democrat strategist and Bill Clinton bag man James Carville is saying the quiet part out loud.
During a recent episode of the ‘Politics War Room’ podcast, he suggested that the next time Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the presidency, they should grant statehood to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and pack the U.S. Supreme Court.
In his angry rant, he also lets it fly that he still believes Republicans ‘stole’ the 2000 election and have stolen seats on the Supreme Court.
FOX News reports:
Carville tells Dems to quietly prepare power grab with DC, Puerto Rico statehood and Supreme Court packingVeteran Democratic strategist James Carville suggested on Thursday that Democrats should quietly prepare to launch a variety of structural changes to ensure a political advantage once they regain power.Carville and co-host Al Hunt of the “Politics War Room” podcast took questions from listeners on an episode released Thursday. One asked whether Democrats should “flood the zone with a corrective implementation policy using their majority to simultaneously enact a myriad of structural changes to save our democracy and preserve our rights” if they return to power in 2029.”I’ve got some thoughts about what the Democrats should do [when] they return to power in 2029,” Hunt replied. “But, you know, I haven’t thought it through thoroughly, yet. I’m really focused on what they should do when they win the House and maybe the Senate in 2027, and that’s to hold Trump as accountable as they possibly can.”Carville, however, offered a more aggressive plan of action, saying, “If the Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress, I think on day one, they should make Puerto Rico [and] D.C. a state, and they should expand the Supreme Court to 13. F— it. Eat our dust.”Statehood for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico are believed to overwhelmingly favor Democrats, likely giving them four more Senate seats. This move, along with expanding the Supreme Court, would likely be viewed by Republicans as a power grab in the pursuit of ensuring a party’s political dominance.”They’ve done everything they could,” Carville continued. “They held up the 2000 election. They stole it. They’ve stolen Supreme Court seats. They’ve gerrymandered everything that you can.”
Here’s the audio:
What is to stop Republicans from taking similar steps in the future? Do we just keep going until the U.S. Supreme Court has as many members as the House of Representatives?
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