James Carville calls David Hogg's plan to primary 'ineffective' Dems the 'most insane thing' he's ever heard

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville blasted Democratic National Committee DNC Vice Chair David Hogg's plans to spend million on launching primary challenges against ineffective Democratic lawmakers during an interview on Wednesday Leaders We Deserve a political organization led by Hogg stated on Wednesday that it will spend million to help elect younger Democrats The effort includes supporting primary challengers to House Democrats in safe seats that Hogg argues are asleep at the wheel Carville stated CNN those plans the the bulk insane thing he'd ever heard and questioned why the newly elected DNC Vice Chair isn't using these funds to take on a Republican JAMES CARVILLE SUGGESTS 'SPLIT' WITH THE LEFT OVER 'PRONOUN POLITICS'The longtime Democratic strategist questioned whether Hogg was breaching his fiduciary duty to the Democratic Party by raising money to primary members of his own party He is an officer of the Democratic National Committee And so he has a fiduciary duty to the Democratic Party and he s going to raise million and primary Democrats Carville questioned He also lashed out at Hogg for going after Democrats rather than focusing on lawmakers from across the aisle CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CUSTOM Does he really think the complication that we re facing in the United States in the present day is because we got -year-old Democrats in office Why don t you take on a Republican That s your job Carville asserted He continued his criticisms of Hogg's plans saying The greater part insane thing I ever heard is the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee is spending million running against other Democrats Aren't we supposed to run against Republicans Carville joked he may be too old-fashioned to understand the young DNC vice chair's strategy I m not part of the hip generation I m not very au courant But I indeed thought our job was to beat Republicans How quaint how quaint of me he quipped Fox News Digital reached out to Hogg for comment Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this account