Longtime Democrat strategist James Carville just detonated a political grenade inside his own party — and the blast zone is centered on Squad congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

Carville, known as the “Ragin’ Cajun” for his fiery political takes, erupted at a D.C. summit this week after a resurfaced 2018 clip showed Omar calling white men the biggest terror threat in America and advocating for their racial profiling. The video, originally from an Al Jazeera interview, has ignited bipartisan backlash — and Carville didn’t hold back.

“Lady, get out the Democratic Party,” Carville seethed during a podcast appearance and later doubled down at the Truth Tellers Summit. “Why don’t you start your own movement?”

In the video clip that triggered Carville’s rage, Omar told host Mehdi Hasan that America “should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths” — and even suggested the government “should be profiling [and] monitoring” white males as potential domestic extremists.

Omar made those remarks while running for Congress — and still cruised to victory in Minnesota’s deep-blue 5th District.

But Carville says comments like that are killing Democrats’ chances with critical voters.

“We don’t think we ought to be running against white men,” he said. “In fact, we don’t think we ought to be running against any gender, any ethnic group, any race, any religion, or anything else.”

He accused Omar and like-minded progressives of dragging the party into electoral oblivion: “God dn, these people are just helpless… If they had any guts, they’d start their own God dn political party.”

Carville, who helped engineer Bill Clinton’s rise to the presidency, has often criticized the far left, but his blow-up this week marks his most direct attack yet on Omar and the Squad’s radical wing.

And he wasn’t alone.

Vice President JD Vance labeled Omar’s remarks “genocidal language.” Others across the political spectrum have called her rhetoric divisive, dangerous, and factually wrong.

Omar, for her part, hasn’t backed down. When the video resurfaced, she responded defiantly on social media: “I said what I said. You and all your miserable trolls can f— off.”

The Broader Battle In The Party

Carville’s takedown highlights a growing civil war within the Democratic Party — one that pits traditional liberals like himself against the activist left. It’s a struggle over not just messaging, but over the soul of the party.

As Democrats hemorrhage support from key groups — particularly working-class whites and minority men — strategists like Carville have warned for years that identity-based grievance politics are alienating voters and costing elections.

Now, with 2026 midterms looming, those warnings are turning into full-blown panic. And if Carville’s words are any sign, some Democrats may be ready to draw a line in the sand.

Bottom Line:
When the man who helped put the Clintons in the White House tells a sitting Democrat lawmaker to leave the party, it’s more than a soundbite — it’s a five-alarm fire. And it’s yet another sign that the Democrats’ internal fractures may not heal before 2026.