这位克林顿阵营战略家在其Politicon播客中表示，他已“痛恨”自己1992年提出的这句名言
2026年7月3日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 福克斯新闻
曾助力比尔·克林顿总统在1992年大选中击败乔治·H·W·布什总统与实业家H·罗斯·佩罗的詹姆斯·卡维尔本周表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统迫使他放弃了这句被认为帮助赢得那场选举、并让他成为政坛家喻户晓人物的经典口号。
卡维尔最初提出“关键在于经济，笨蛋”时，是作为给克林顿位于小石城的竞选团队内部提醒，要求大家在老布什因海湾战争处理得当而支持率上升之际，始终紧扣竞选主题。
但本周，卡维尔暗示，有关特朗普总统的腐败指控已经取代了“选举季应将经济置于首位”的理念。
在其Politicon播客网络的一期讨论中，前曼荷莲学院院长约瑟夫·埃利斯提及“关键在于经济，笨蛋”，随即被这位“拉金卡津人”打断。
福克斯新闻民调：经济阵痛加剧，特朗普支持率再创新低
视频
“所以，教授，我最近一直在想——关于‘关键在于经济，笨蛋’——这是个很棒的口号，或许是政坛最常被引用的说法之一，”卡维尔说道。
“如今我已经痛恨自己当初说出这句话了。”
卡维尔并未直接点名特朗普，但他近期多次指责现任总统腐败，并将其与作风更温和的老布什进行对比。
“我会听那些人说，‘民众不在乎腐败，他们只在乎经济——只要收入增长，他们就不会管总统做了什么’——恐怕这话没错。”
詹姆斯·卡维尔称某位社会主义民主党人不应留在党内，称其观点“过于激进”
“但我1992年说出那句话时，不管你对乔治·H·W·布什有什么看法，他都不是……完全不腐败的人；他也是个正派人士。而如今我们面临着令人瞠目结舌、极其严重的腐败——我能理解有人会说，‘没错，你说得对，民众就是只在乎经济，那我就不说了，我保持沉默，做个好人’，”他似乎在设想选民更愿意关注经济而非其他个性争议的场景。
“我真想一拳揍烂他那张该死的脸。好吧？没错。我是认真的……因为这句话如今真的让我如芒在背。”
当被问及这番过激言论时，白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔称这位“拉金卡津人”是个“彻头彻尾的失败者”。
“卡维尔患上了一种严重且无法治愈的疾病，名叫‘特朗普仇恨综合征’，这已经腐蚀了他那花生大小的大脑，”英格尔说道。
在与联合主持人、前《华尔街日报》华盛顿分社社长阿尔·亨特的早前对话中，卡维尔表示“我们正在被淹没；我们在腐败的空气中窒息”，并指责特朗普自就任总统以来净资产增加了20亿美元。
2019年10月26日，詹姆斯·卡维尔出席Politicon大会（右）；2026年3月6日，唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿白宫东厅的大学体育圆桌讨论中发言。（杰森·肯平/盖蒂图片社为Politicon拍摄；安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
“我真的为美国感到担忧，”他补充道。
今年2月，卡维尔在一期专门针对特朗普的节目中仿佛总统本人就在收听，告诉总统其核心圈子“恨”他，称他是个“肥胖、可悲、一无是处的废物”。
订阅获取政治新闻通讯
自那以后，他持续批评总统，最近还表示自己为称得上名副其实的“特朗普仇恨综合征”患者而自豪。
克林顿竞选团队工作人员乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯（左）与詹姆斯·卡维尔（中）与时任阿肯色州州长威廉·J·克林顿同行。（辛西娅·约翰逊/盖蒂图片社）
点击此处下载福克斯新闻APP
自助力克林顿1992年竞选获胜以来，卡维尔一直是民主党政坛的常客，一同参与的还有其他知名竞选助手，包括美国广播公司新闻主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯，后者也曾与特朗普偶尔发生争执。
克林顿1992年的竞选留下了多个经久不衰的标志性元素，从卡维尔的“关键在于经济，笨蛋”，到弗利特伍德麦克1977年的热门歌曲《别回头》，后者成为了其成功竞选的非官方主题曲。
卡维尔对这句旧口号的评论发布之际，他最近刚批评了接管其所在政党的社会主义派候选人。
福克斯新闻数字频道已通过卡维尔的Politicon播客联系他，征求进一步置评。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399073219112
James Carville breaks with famous ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ slogan because of Trump
The Clinton strategist told his Politicon podcast he has come to ‘detest’ the phrase he coined in 1992
July 3, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
James Carville, the architect of President Bill Clinton’s 1992 victory over President George H.W. Bush and industrialist H. Ross Perot, said this week that President Donald Trump has forced him to break with the catchphrase that many believe helped win that election and made him a political household name.
Carville originally coined “It’s the economy, stupid,” as an internal reminder to campaign staff at Clinton’s Little Rock headquarters to stay on-message amid Bush’s rising approval ratings connected to his handling of the Gulf War.
But this week, Carville suggested allegations of corruption involving President Donald Trump have supplanted the idea that the economy should remain top of mind during election season.
During a discussion on his Politicon podcast network, former Mount Holyoke dean Joseph Ellis mentioned “It’s the economy, stupid” before the Ragin Cajun cut him off.
FOX NEWS POLL: AS ECONOMIC PAIN DEEPENS, DISAPPROVAL OF TRUMP HITS NEW HIGH
Video
“So, professor, I thought about that recently – about ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ – it’s a great catchphrase. It’s maybe one of the most oft-repeated things in politics,” Carville said.
“I now have come to detest the fact I said that.”
Without mentioning Trump by name, Carville — who has repeatedly accused the incumbent of corruption in recent months — compared him with the more genteel Bush.
“I’ll listen to people who say, ‘people don’t care about corruption, they [care about the economy] — As long as their incomes are up, they don’t care what he does’ – and I’m afraid that’s right.”
JAMES CARVILLE SAYS SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT SHOULDN’T BE IN THE PARTY, CALLS HER VIEWS ‘A BRIDGE TOO FAR’
“But I said it in 1992, and say what you want about George H.W. Bush, he was not… a corrupt man at all; decent man too. We have now the breathtaking, staggering — I understand if people say, ‘Yeah, you know, you’re right, that’s all people care about is the economy, and I won’t do it, I don’t say anything, I’m nice’,” he said, appearing to envision voters preferring to focus on the economy over other personality issues.
“I want to punch him in the f—ing face. OK? Yes. I’m serious… Because the phrase actually haunts me today.”
Asked about the invective, White House spokesman Davis Ingle called the Ragin’ Cajun a “stone-cold loser.”
“Carville suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, and it has rotted his peanut-sized brain,” Ingle said.
During an earlier discussion with his co-host, former Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief Al Hunt, Carville said that “we are drowning; we’re suffocating in corruption” before accusing Trump of increasing his net worth by $2 billion since becoming president.
James Carville at the Politicon Convention on October 26, 2019, right; Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House on March 06, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Politicon; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“I’m just really fearful for the United States,” he added.
In February, Carville directed one of his segments at Trump as though the president were watching, telling the president that his inner circle “hates” him and that he is a “fat, sorry, sack of s—.”
SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER
Since then, he has continued criticizing the president and recently said he is proud to have proverbial “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Campaign staff George Stephanopoulos, left, and James Carville, center, walk with then-Arkansas Gov. William J. Clinton.(Cynthia Johnson/Getty Images)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
Carville has been a mainstay in Democratic politics ever since helping engineer Clinton’s 1992 victory, alongside other notable campaign aides, including ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, whom Trump also spars with on occasion.
Clinton’s 1992 campaign produced several enduring touchstones, from Carville’s “It’s the economy, stupid,” to Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 hit “Don’t Stop,” which became the de facto theme song for his successful bid.
Carville’s comments about his old slogan also come as he recently rebuked socialist nominees taking over his party.
Fox News Digital reached out to Carville via his Politicon podcast for further comment.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399073219112