Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday warned Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman he will take action against him for allegedly undermining his state’s governor, Josh Shapiro, by lobbying against him to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.
Fetterman’s advisers discreetly conveyed concerns about Shapiro’s prioritization of his own personal goals, three individuals familiar with the discussions told Politico. Carville, on his “Politics War Room” podcast, said he will “deal with” Fetterman after the election because of how he treated Shapiro despite the governor allegedly helping the senator get elected.
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“The other thing is, is one of the great backstabbers in modern Democratic politics is John Fetterman, but I’m going to wait ’til after the election to deal with him. But he’s somebody that must be dealt with, and must be dealt with in real terms,” Carville said.
Co-host Al Hunt chimed in to say Fetterman “sandbagged Shapiro,” with Carville agreeing.
“And, of course, the reason he’s in the United States Senate is because of Shapiro,” the Democratic strategist said. “If you look at the Pennsylvania election returns, 2022, and you’ll get the idea of how Josh dragged this guy across the finish line.”
Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over Shapiro, who was previously rumored to be her top choice.
Fetterman told Carville to “shut the fuck up” in December over his warnings that President Joe Biden could lose the 2024 election due to poor polling.
“There’s a whole lifetime in politics between now and next November as well. I’m not worried about that,” Fetterman said at the time. “And I’m very vocal about this, too, while there are Democrats that are being very critical about the president. … I’ll use this [as] another opportunity to tell James Carville to shut the fuck up.”
“My man hasn’t been relevant since grunge was a thing,” he said. “And I don’t know why he believes it’s helpful to say these kinds of things about an incredibly difficult circumstance with an incredibly strong and decent and excellent president. I’ll never understand that.”
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