Carville Melts Down After Supreme Court Rejects Louisiana Map
James Carville went off after the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s newly drawn congressional map. The court ruled 6-3 that the map was an unconstitutional gerrymander. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented.
The case, State of Louisiana v. Phillip Callais, along with the related Press Robinson v. Phillip Callais, came after Louisiana lawmakers created a second “majority-minority” district. The fight centered on how far the state could go in drawing lines based on race. In the end, the high court said the map crossed the line.
Carville did not take the ruling calmly. On his Politicon podcast, he raged, “The only nine people in the entire f*cking federal government that operates under no ethics rule!” He then added, “These sons of bitches were so political, so happy to help the Republican party any way they could. What they’re trying to do at every juncture they can is screw black people as hard as they can,”
That attack missed a key fact. Justice Clarence Thomas voted with the majority to end the race-based gerrymander, so Carville’s claim that the court was simply doing the GOP’s bidding did not hold up.
The longtime Democrat strategist has built a reputation for loud, over-the-top blasts at conservatives and President Trump. This latest eruption fit that pattern. When a ruling does not go his way, Carville does not dial it back. He goes full blast.
He has also made other wild claims about Trump before, including suggesting red marks on Trump’s hands looked like syphilis. That kind of talk has become part of Carville’s public brand. It is loud. It is ugly. And it rarely lands the way he wants.