James Carville disavows Mamdani-backed candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier: Start your own party

Democratic socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier won a shocking primary victory in New York, but veteran Democratic strategist James Carville is not celebrating.The socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who won Tuesday night’s primary election in New York’s 13th Congressional District, has made a career out of “community organizing,” and has a history of controversies, including having founded a group in college that called for the “total eradication of Western civilization.”NewsNation interviewed Carville on Thursday for his response to multiple far-left candidates winning in New York.While he downplayed some of the panic as essentially being about three seats in New York, he nonetheless argued Avila Chevalier should not be associated with the Democratic Party.“Two of ‘em I don’t think are even Democrats.This Chevalier lady, I don’t — they should not seat her in the caucus.

Her views are totally against anything that any Democrats have.We believe in pluralism, she doesn’t believe in interracial dating,” he said.“I don’t think there’s a place in the party.

I’m not, by the way, I’m not sure she wants to be a Democrat.Go do something else! Form your own party!”NewsNation host Elizabeth Vargas noted that Avila Chevalier has called to abolish ICE and the police, stop all deportations, called veterans war criminals, and various other issues, asking, “Who is this person?”“She is not a Democrat, okay?” Carville said.

“That is pretty clear, and frankly, I think a lot of Democrats feel like I do.I don’t have any power, just an old washed-up consultant, but I wouldn’t seat her! This is not who we are!“And we should just say, look, you’re duly elected, have your seat in Congress, but you would not be getting any committee assignments when the Democrats got the majority.”He noted another commentator had observed that many politicians that hate the Democrats nonetheless run as part of thei...