James Carville says Democrats will lose presidency unless last-ditch mini-primary held

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Democratic strategist James Carville predicted Democrats are guaranteed to lose the presidential election if they don’t remove President Joe Biden and replace him with a candidate selected from a last-ditch mini-primary.

Carville joined the growing chorus of Democrats calling for Biden to step down and ruled out replacing him immediately with Vice President Kamala Harris, instead laying out a detailed plan for how to replace him in a mini-primary of sorts, as floated by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and others. Carville’s spin would have former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton select a group of nominees who would then be voted on.

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