James Carville dismisses critics upset by 'preachy females' comment: 'I don't care'

Democratic strategist James Carville responded to criticism of his comment about "preachy females" dominating the Democratic Party's messaging on Thursday during an interview on CNN.

"You really got lambasted when you said there were too many preachy females. And now we have been watching, we have been watching some very strong — I‘m not using the word 'preachy — but some very strong females take the stage, like Hillary Clinton, like Michelle Obama, and like Kamala Harris. So what do you say to people that were, were annoyed, if not mad at you for using that kind of language?" CNN's Sara Sidner asked, noting the Democratic Party's problem with male voters.

"I view my role as somewhat of a provocateur, and we have a male problem," Carville began. "How do I do that? Do I tell Maureen Dowd of The New York Times that a close analysis of the regression group indicates that we had insufficient support among American males? No one is going to remember that. So if I say something like, ‘Our culture has too many preachy females in it,’ you know what? Everybody remembers it."

Carville was criticized by some Democrats after telling New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in March that "preachy females" were to blame for the Democratic Party's focus on "wokeness," as well as the party's issues with male voters.

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"And the thing about me, I don’t care," Carville added.

He also praised Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and suggested the Democratic Party was catering to his concerns at the Democratic National Convention.

"I think that the vice president's campaign was listening to what people like me were saying, that the party‘s messaging