James Carville Calls Out Ilhan Omar Over Resurfaced 'radicalization Of White Men' Comments

Democratic strategist James Carville called retired Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., connected Wednesday, for comments she made successful 2018 astir White men. He said arguable members of Congress for illustration Omar "are much problem than they're worth" for Democrats.

"Ilhan Omar says that White men are responsible for astir of nan deaths successful nan United States. So fto maine get this straight, 69% of nan group — why I’m stuck connected that number, I don’t cognize — but 69% of nan group going to vote, are White. Of that, 48.5 are males. So, I don’t know, my unsmooth mathematics is 33%?" Carville said during a discussion astatine nan Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit successful London. 

Omar said successful 2018 during an question and reply that nan U.S. should beryllium "fearful" of White men and that nan state should beryllium creating policies to "fight nan radicalization of White men." The question and reply resurfaced this week connected societal media, and was criticized by members of nan GOP, including Vice President JD Vance. 

"That’s a batch of pissed-off 33% of group that vote, and that’s a smart strategy? And location are group that work together pinch her! There are group that really work together pinch her! And I deliberation it’s, honestly, I deliberation these group are much problem than they’re worth," Carville said connected Wednesday.

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James Carville called retired Ilhan Omar connected Wednesday complete her past comments astir White men. (Left: (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images), Right: (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SCAD))

"I would opportunity our state should beryllium much fearful of White men crossed our country, because they are really causing astir of nan deaths wrong this country," Omar said in the 2018 interview pinch Al-Jazeera while discussing home coercion threats successful nan United States and responding to a mobility astir really overmuch interest "jihadism" posed to nan U.S. 

"And so, if fearfulness was nan driving unit of policies to support America safe, Americans safe wrong of this country, we should beryllium profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to conflict nan radicalization of White men," she added. 

The comments were called retired by JD Vance and different conservatives connected Tuesday, arsenic nan vice president likened Omar's remarks to "genocidal language."

"This isn’t conscionable sick; it’s really genocidal language," Vance wrote connected societal media. "What a ugliness this personification is."

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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) clasp up signs arsenic erstwhile President Joe Biden delivers nan State of nan Union reside during a associated gathering of Congress successful nan House enclosure astatine nan U.S. Capitol connected March 07, 2024 successful Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

"In this astir 8yr aged clip, I americium referring to nan emergence of achromatic nationalism successful an yearly study issued by nan Anti-Defamation League that said White supremacists were responsible for 78 percent of ‘extremist-related murders,’" Omar told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "PS you should look up what ‘genocidal’ really intends erstwhile you’re actively supporting a genocide taking spot successful Gaza."

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Omar told Daily Caller News Foundation newsman Myles Morell to "f--- off" earlier this period aft he asked her a mobility astir chap Democratic Party figures walking to El Salvador to take sides forbidden migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to nan state by nan Trump administration. Morell shared nan clip connected X. 

Omar later responded to nan clip being shared connected societal media and stated, "I said what I said. You and each your miserable trolls tin f--- off."

Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.