Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned Democrats on Thursday that the American public believes they don’t care about voter fraud, and the best thing they can do is stop fighting against voter ID requirements and move on to other issues.His comments come as Republicans in Congress have been pushing to pass the SAVE Act, which would create a new federal proof of citizenship mandate in the voter registration process and impose requirements for states to keep their rolls clear of ineligible voters, in addition to requiring photo ID to vote in any federal elections.Carville argued that while he believes there is a negligible amount of voter fraud, refusing to put up photo ID safeguards against it is a terrible hill for Democrats to die on."First of all, in Louisiana, you got to show your driver's license to vote," Carville said on "Politics War Room." "I'll have to ask Michael Waldman or Fred Wertheimer, does this really have that much effect? And voter fraud in the United States is an infinitesimal problem.To the extent — I guess you could say it exists, anything could exist.
It exists on such a minuscule scale, and it's been proven time and time and time again."SEN MARK WARNER CALLED OUT IN ABC INTERVIEW FOR INACCURATE VOTER ID CLAIMSPolitical commentator James Carville argued that even if voter fraud is negligible, the Democratic Party cannot afford to look soft on it as an issue.(Victor J.
Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)However, he still said the issue cannot be ignored."But I don't know if we're not better off saying, ‘Okay, we'll take that alternative idea.Bring your gas bill or your light bill or something,’ because, for whatever reason, this s--- polls at 75%," he said.
"It barely exists, and it just doesn't make any sense.Having said that, we are not going to win the war against some kind of ID.
It doesn't make any sense.It doesn't fix anything, but maybe you just go along with it and move to the next thing."His co-host Al Hunt disagre...