The Ragin’ Cajun offered rosy optimism for Democrats regarding the midterm elections, predicting a specific sort of “wipeout” with a dash of fearmongering.
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It may be more than three-quarters of a year out, but for many in the political sphere, the focus has already shifted toward leveraging the best outcome in the 2026 midterm elections. While a one-time senior adviser to former President Barack Obama had a bleak take in an op-ed, longtime Democratic strategist James Carville remained convinced of considerable Republican losses in both houses of Congress.
Appearing on Fox News’ “Saturday in America,” Carville was questioned by host Kayleigh McEnany about Obama administration adviser David Plouffe’s op-ed in the New York Times and whether he had “as dim a view” looking ahead to November.
Emphasizing the written analysis was a look beyond the midterms, he responded, “I’m looking at the 2026 elections, and frankly, it’s going to be a wipeout.”
“Your viewers need to know that the Democrats are going to pick up at a minimum of 25 seats, maybe as high as 45. In all likelihood, the Democrats will carry the Senate,” Carville contended after McEnany read from the article that suggested there to be “no credible path to sustained control of the Senate and the White House” for Democrats.
“After the adjustments to the Electoral College map that look likely to come with the next census, the Democratic presidential nominee could win all the states won by [then-Vice President] Kamala Harris, plus the blue wall of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and still fall short of the 270 electoral votes needed to win,” wrote Plouffe. “An already unforgiving map becomes more so. This is equally true of the Senate.”
In response to the guest’s take, McEnany raised the condition of ” economic revival” under President Donald Trump’s measures and how that might offset the typical incumbent losses in a midterm cycle, to which he replied, “Well, I guess anything is possible.”
Carville went on to spin a recent remark from the chief executive that short-circuited Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers about canceling the election. “We might disagree on who’s gonna win, but I think you and I can agree we got to have the election, right? That’s the important thing, is to have it.”
Defended as a joke by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who also slammed a reporter for taking the line “so seriously” to pose a question about Americans who “died for democracy,” Trump said in an interview with Reuters, “Now, I won’t say, ‘Cancel the elections. They should cancel the election,’ because the fake news will say, ‘He wants the elections canceled. He’s a dictator,'” before contending the GOP has been so successful that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
🚨 LMFAO! Karoline Leavitt SMACKS DOWN reporter who panics that President Trump joked about canceling the midterms
“Canceling elections? Americans DIED for democracy!”
KAROLINE: “Only someone like YOU would take that so seriously and pose it as a question in that way.” 🤣🔥 pic.twitter.com/OPL0gsbDTa
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 15, 2026
Meanwhile, Carville’s sentiment was similar to that of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who continued perpetuating the left’s perspective that Republican victories stemmed from cheating and Democrat wins were the result of “free and fair” elections.
“We’re assuming that Republicans are going to do everything possible to prevent a free and fair election from taking place in November of 2026. Why? Because Republicans know that if a free and fair election takes place, they’re losing,” Jeffries said last week. “In fact, Republicans are gonna get routed all across the country …” he continued, referencing select off-year election results.
🚨 JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries FUMES after the Supreme Court hands Republicans a victory in allowing challenges to counting late mail-in ballots TWO WEEKS after election day
“They will PREVENT a FREE AND FAIR ELECTION in 2026! Or they’d LOSE!” 🙄
CRY MORE!pic.twitter.com/TAwdMHcxuX
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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