James Carville shuts down CNN host's 'way outside the strikezone' remark

Democratic political strategist James Carville blasted a CNN anchor's comparison between Democrats and January 6 rioters, calling it "way outside the strike zone."

During an appearance with CNN's Michael Smerconish, Carville started talking about the hard-nose tactics Democrats should adopt. He defended Rock legend Bruce Springsteen's Trump trashing at a recent concert and voters who support embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.

Carville also proudly declared, "I have Trump Derangement Syndrome, and I'm trying to get worse," adding he thinks Springsteen has it too.

However, Smerconish was trying to make the point that "Democrats have a blind eye. They're turning a blind eye to their own failings, and I look at Platner with his Nazi tattoo for nearly twenty years as Exhibit A," he told Carville.

"When the intensity and desire is only to beat Donald Trump, it's not in the party's best interest because they lose their judgment," Smerconish argued. "It's the same mindset that explains people who breached the Capitol on January 6. They were similarly warped in their thinking."

Carville fired back, "I completely disagree," and said "assaulting police officers" is nothing like "voting for a flawed person" like Platner.

"Breaking into the Capitol is a felony," Carville argued. "If you're calling balls and strikes, I'm gonna call this way outside the strike zone."

In fact, he doubled down and said that Democrats "need to do more" and be outspoken like Springsteen.

"I might have Trump Derangement Syndrome, but I am not a criminal," Carville said. "We are being led by a person who, if not a traitor himself, is doing exactly everything that a traitor would do if they got that job."