James Carville: ‘Of course there’s going to be some fraud’

Published October 20, 2016 4:19am ET



Longtime Clinton loyalist and Democratic operative James Carville put forth that there is likely to be “fraud” on Election Day.

The former Bill Clinton White House aide said Thursday on MSNBC that he anticipated 130-140 million voters to turn out on Nov. 8 and that such a vast number would lend itself to some form of malfeasance.

“Of course there’s going to be some fraud,” Carville said, following the third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, “I mean, you couldn’t have 130 to 140 million people do something perfectly.”

Throughout his campaign, Trump has told supporters that the election is “rigged” against him, speaking both in terms of how the news media has covered his candidacy and also in suggesting that there is widespread voter fraud.

Trump’s claims have been largely denounced by the national press, which has called on him to provide evidence.