Democrat strategist James Carville told young Democrats to get over themselves in response to a leftist contestant on a reality TV show who broke things off with her partner because he was not progressive enough for her.
Carville responded to a scene from Netflix’s reality dating show “Love is Blind” where contestant Sara Carton broke off her relationship with Ben Mezzenga because of his politics.
“I remember I asked him about Black Lives Matter,” Carton said. “And I’m no expert. But when I asked him about it, he’s like, ‘I guess I never really thought too much about it.’ That affected me!”
Carville responded in an interview with Fox News: “Get over your preening and your moral superiority.”
“And the more pragmatic in how you approach life, you’ll end up being a lot happier, and you’ll actually win an election,” he said. “And therefore, you can actually do things, and you could do some of the things that you want, because if you lose, it doesn’t do any good. It’s about nothing. That’s what I would tell them.”
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In Love is Blind season 8, Sara left Ben at the altar because he didn’t have an opinion on Black Lives Matter or the COVID vaccine, and because his church was too “traditional” and didn’t talk enough about LGBTQ 🤣 pic.twitter.com/NqpftX61Ms
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) March 8, 2025
Carville cracked some light humor while talking about his experiences dating.
“In my case, I wasn’t good-looking enough. I had to broaden the base, okay,” Carville chuckled. “I just couldn’t concentrate on Democratic women. I mean, I needed love. I think it was Woody Allen that said the good thing about being bisexual, it doubles your chances of getting a date. Well, I couldn’t go — I wasn’t that! I couldn’t get that far, so I decided, ‘Well, I’ll start dating Republicans. That’ll double my chances to get a date, you know.’ Some of it is just, you know, self-preservation.”
