Trump’s New Blunder Proves He’s A Loser: Carville

Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Veteran political strategist James Carville says President Donald Trump is setting himself up for a massive blunder by staging his midterm convention “scam.” The 80-year-old president and the ever-obliging Republican National Committee are putting on a two-day “midterm convention” in Dallas this month.

Trump appears to believe the event will give his party a much-needed boost ahead of the midterms, amid fears that the GOP will suffer an electoral wipeout.

But Carville, the Democratic strategist behind Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential victory, told The Daily Beast Podcast that the attention-hungry president will only supercharge an already-energized Democratic electorate while setting GOP money on fire. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js"); He argued that the more oxygen the president’s MAGA spectacle gets, the more it could suffocate Republicans’ midterm chances.

“The stupidest s--t I hear is we shouldn’t give them platforms,” he told the Daily Beast’s political reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice.

“And for God’s sake, cover this convention wall to wall.

It’s the most beneficial thing we got going.” “You’re not gonna come up with any better news that’s gonna excite... and irritate and turn out more Democrats,” he added.

It appears plenty of Republicans have already figured out that a starring role alongside the deeply unpopular president at what some GOP circles are calling “Trump-a-palooza” could be a political death wish.

At least 45 House Republican candidates and members told Politico on Wednesday that they would skip the Sept.

9-10 event.

Dozens more declined to say whether they plan to attend.

“They don’t want to show up in one sense, but they know they can’t disrespect the king in another,” Carville said.