Carville says he'd rather Republicans keep the House than Democrats win by five seats, held 'hostage' by DSA

Democratic strategist James Carville said during an interview on Sunday that he would rather the Republicans win by five seats in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections than the Democrats win by the same number, worrying that the Democratic Party would become "hostages" to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

While speaking to "The Bulwark Takes," Carville provided his midterm election predictions, and said he would be disappointed if Democrats won by a slim margin.

"I would be disappointed if it comes in at 225 House seats.

And that would almost be — I would rather the Republicans keep the House by five than the Democrats win by five because if that happens, they're hostage to the DSA," Carville said.

"Like Hakeem cannot move.

There's no place for him to go.

Even if you have a close Senate, Fetterman would keep Schumer [on] Pepto-Bismol all night.

So, I think this is one of these races where margin matters a lot." STEWART EXPECTS SCHUMER, JEFFRIES TO DISAPPOINT IF THE DEMS WIN BACK THE HOUSE AND SENATE "Winning big is almost as big as winning, which is weird but it’s a nightmare at 225," he added.

Bill Kristol, the host of "The Bulwark Takes," pushed back and said that was "a lower bound" for Democrats in the House.

MAHER PREDICTS 'CLASSIC HISTORICAL A-- WHOOPING' FOR GOP IN MIDTERMS BUT WARNS DSA COULD HAUNT DEMS IN 2028 Moderate Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff pushed back on Carville's assertion in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"I do think we have seen DSA figures overexploit their leverage to the point of sabotaging actual progress.

One need look no further than the upcoming 10-year anniversary of Secretary Clinton losing to Donald Trump to find the data behind that claim.

So I understand the concern, but Carville is absolutely wrong here and does a disservice to the vast majority of Democrats who absolutely want Democrats to win back the House and Senate, by any margin possible, to finally have a check on Trump’s radically anti-democratic agenda and the widespread corruption in his administration," he said.

Shroff continued, "To suggest otherwise gives fodder to figures like Hasan Piker who claims Democrats are more against their farther left flank than MAGA — which is simply untrue.