‘Our side won’t tolerate lies’: James Carville claims Dems ‘constrained by the truth’

Democratic strategist James Carville during a Thursday podcast asserted that Democrats are bound by “the truth” in a way Republicans are not.

Carville, on “Politics War Room,” hosted The New Republic Editor Michael Tomasky — who discussed his Friday article that claimed President-elect Donald Trump won the election due to “right-wing media.” The Democratic strategist argued that conservative media and Republicans frequently employ dishonesty, while corporate media holds Democrats accountable, preventing them from spreading misinformation.

LISTEN:

“You list all of the entities they have now, from Fox to Newsmax or One America … There seems to be a lot of demand for this out there — I mean, a lot,” Carville told Tomasky. “So one of the things that I get constantly is, we should do what they do. Well, they lie. I mean, I’m being frankly serious.”

“But our side won’t tolerate lies. Okay, if … a Democrat goes on TV and says some lie, The New Republic’s going to say, ‘That’s not right,’ or The New York Times is going to say, ‘That’s not right.’ So how — and I’m serious when I say this — one side is constrained by the truth; the other side has no such constraint,” he added. “You’re kind of starting in a bad place, aren’t you?”

Carville in September also suggested that fact-checkers should focus their efforts on “Republicans” to assist in saving the U.S. Constitution.

“So let’s take the fact-check industry and let me tell you something, and I defy anyone to disagree on this: by 5 to 1, they would rather fact-check a misleading Democratic claim ’cause Republicans have so many … They want to say, ‘We’re just umpires, man, we just call it like [we] see it, we don’t really have anything.’ And, of course, there are times when Democrats exaggerate,” the Democratic strategist said at the time. “My thing is, how would you fact-check World War II? … They’re treating this like it’s just a normal time where you got shirts and skins and we just call ’em like we see ’em.”

“I think the whole industry has to decide: what is our role here? Is our role to be objective, impartial observers that report as accurately and fairly as we can, or is our role here to try to help save the Constitution of the United States?” he continued. “Because they’re two different things.”

ABC News debate moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir faced backlash for only fact-checking Trump during his September debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, despite her false claims during the event.

For instance, Harris falsely accused Trump of calling Charlottesville white supremacists “fine people” in 2017 and said that he would sign a national abortion ban if reelected despite his repeated insistence to the contrary. The moderators did not correct Harris on either claim.

All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter’s byline, and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW

Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!