By Katherine Tinsley
5:17am PDT, May 24, 2025
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Democratic campaign strategist
James Carville recently advised Arizona's Democratic Party chairman, Robert Branscomb, to "shut up" and create a new progressive party if he doesn't like what the Democrats are doing.
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According to
The New York Times, Robert Branscomb had been "clashing with staff members over personnel decisions and accused them of sabotaging him by withholding financial documents."
The outlet also reported that Branscomb "wrote to party members detailing the infighting and attacking Senators
Ruben Gallego and
Mark Kelly, both Democrats, for criticizing one of his staffing choices."
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In a video posted to
Politicon's YouTube on Thursday, May 22, James Carville applauded Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego for pushing back against Robert Branscomb.
"You ain't been elected to s***. So why don't you shut up?" Carvile said after reading the report in
The New York Times.
Arizona has a history of being a Republican state, and Carville hinted at Branscomb's ideologies being a threat to the Democratic Party's progress in the state.
"That's the problem with this, these people from the 'progressive' whatever the f*** that is, that come into these state parties that didn't do anything that have outstanding Democratic elected officials," Carville said. "He's fighting with the governor. We finally have a Democratic governor, and this guy exemplifies to me what's wrong with that wing of the party."
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Robert Branscomb reportedly declared, "I will not be coerced, and I will not be silenced."
James Carville was seemingly annoyed by Branscomb's attitude.
"Well why don't you just shut up anyway? Because you haven't gotten elected to anything. And why don't you pay attention and work for the people that are out there who are not just trying to win elections but are actually winning elections?" Carville said.
"You got one goal, dude, that's to win elections, not run your j****** mouth, which is all this guy Branscomb is good for," he added.
He then suggested that progressives should consider leaving the Democratic Party: "They need to really consider whether they're Democrats or not," he said. "Maybe they ought to go join the pronoun justice – social, I don't know, equity party or whatever they're doing. … When you don't respect people who go out and win elections and work and put their names out front and dare to lose then there's no use for you in Democratic politics. That's my view."
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James Carville depicted Robert Branscombe's grievances as a larger issue within the party.
According to the television personality, in Nevada, Democrats had "one of the most successful state parties in the history of the United States," but a majority women state legislature took over and turned it "into a useless glob of nothing."
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James Carville suggested Democrats need to address the rising progressive sector within the party.
"You got one goal, dude, that's to win elections, not run your jack*** mouth, which is all this guy Branscomb is good for," Carville said.
"They need to really consider whether they're Democrats or not," he said. "Maybe they ought to go join the pronoun justice–social, I don't know, equity party or whatever they're doing."
"When you don't respect people who go out and win elections and work and put their names out front and dare to lose then there's no use for you in Democratic politics," the strategist noted, as Republicans currently have majority of the three branches of government. "That's my view."
