James Carville says he'd 'find a convicted pedophile' to run against Republicans after election wins

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Democratic strategist James Carville stirred controversy Thursday with provocative remarks reacting to Tuesday’s election results. On his " Politics War Room " podcast, Carville stated: "I’m personally going to find a convicted pedophile and run him in a race just to see if he could beat a Republican." He followed up with: "I’m not sure. I’m not going to say a convicted pedophile could win." Carville added: "And by the way, the guy who was running against him ran a pretty good campaign." CARVILLE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING CALLED OUT FOR PREDICTING TRUMP ADMIN COLLAPSE, SAYS IT’S HAPPENING ‘NOW' The veteran strategists' remarks came in the wake of Democrats flipping a number of key offices and improving their performance on Tuesday. One winning result was Jay Jones, the Democratic challenger for Virginia attorney general who defeated incumbent Republican Jason Miyares. The win came after previously leaked texts of violent language from Jones’ 2022 messages became public. JOE SCARBOROUGH TELLS DEM CANDIDATE JAY JONES TO LEAVE RACE OVER VIOLENT COMMENTS AGAINST GOP LAWMAKER Although the texts drew sharp criticism, Jones wrote that the then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert "gets two bullets to the head," raising questions from conservatives about whether Democrats are serious about combating and condemning political violence. In the messages, Jones fantasized about Gilbert being shot in the head while also suggesting that harm should come to the Republican's young "fascist" children. "I'm gonna give you all the most interesting piece of news of this cycle, even more interesting than Bucks County, the Republican legislator who released the text, lost, exactly," Carville said on his podcast. Carville also suggested that "baggage" on Republicans may be weighing heavier than candidate missteps. "You've got some baggage out there with Trump people," he said. VIRGINIA SLAMMED FOR ‘TRULY DEMONIC’ ELECTION THAT EXCUSED POLITICAL VIOLENCE TO SPITE TRUMP, CRITICS SAY On the podcast h…