❓WHAT HAPPENED: Democratic strategist James Carville issued a public apology after making a false claim about First Lady Melania Trump’s introduction to Donald Trump.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: James Carville, Melania Trump, President Donald J. Trump, and leftist writer Judd Legum.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred during a recent episode of the Politics War Room podcast.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I also take back these statements and apologize.” – James Carville
🎯IMPACT: The video containing the false claims was removed, and Carville’s comments were edited out of the podcast episode.
Democratic strategist James Carville issued a public apology after claiming that First Lady Melania Trump was introduced to her husband, President Donald J. Trump, by convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The comments were made on the Politics War Room podcast during a discussion with leftist writer Judd Legum.
Following a letter from Melania Trump’s legal team, Carville stated, “In last week’s podcast episode, we spoke with Judd Legum. After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the First Lady.”
Carville continued, “We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode. I also take back these statements and apologize.”
The controversy follows a similar incident in late July when The Daily Beast removed an article alleging that a modeling agent connected to Epstein introduced Melania to Donald Trump. The claims, attributed to author Michael Wolff, were later retracted after Melania’s attorneys intervened.
In her 2024 memoir, Melania Trump clarified that she met Donald Trump in September 1998 at a Fashion Week party at the Kit Kat Klub in New York City. She described the moment, writing, “I saw my friend wave at someone behind me. When I turned around, I noticed a man and an attractive blonde woman approaching us. ‘Hi. I’m Donald Trump,’ the man said when he reached my table.”
The long-time Democrat strategist, who worked for former President Bill Clinton, is well-known for blusterous comments. The “ragin’ cajun” had a meltdown last year when young voters refused to show enthusiasm about former President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. In another instance, he labelled gun control activist David Hogg as a “contemptible little twerp” when Hogg announced plans to try to use Democratic National Committee money to oust Democrats not viewed as progressive and woke enough.
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