James Carville isn’t mincing words. The longtime Democratic strategist unloaded on David Hogg this week, blasting the 25-year-old DNC Vice Chair for helping lead a $20 million effort to unseat sitting House Democrats.

On his “Politics War Room” podcast, Carville said Hogg should resign immediately from the Democratic National Committee. “He is the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee and he is talking about raising $20 million to primary other Democrats,” Carville said. “Ideally it should be an organization that’s trying to beat Republicans, not other Democrats.”

The group spearheading the effort is “Leaders We Deserve,” a far-left political outfit Hogg co-founded in 2023. Their goal? Replace so-called “out-of-touch” Democrats with younger, more progressive challengers—regardless of the fallout. The New York Times first broke the story on Tuesday, reporting that the group plans to fund primary challenges in safe blue districts to reshape the party from within.

Carville wasn’t having it. “Democratic donors are paying David Hogg’s salary. They’re paying David Hogg’s staff,” he said, clearly outraged. “He wants to run against other Democrats. Well, that’s America. Run against who the [expletive] you want to. But resign your position. Have guts, man.”

Carville went further, arguing that Hogg represents a wing of the party that has no intention of uniting the Democrat coalition. “I don’t think they’re redeemable,” he said. “I don’t think they want to be redeemed.”

This isn’t the first time Carville has warned that the far-left is a threat to the Democrat Party’s future. Earlier this week, he suggested that radical progressives should break off and form their own party. Now, he’s pointing to Hogg as Exhibit A.

Despite the growing controversy, Hogg isn’t backing down. On Tuesday, he posted to X, claiming, “Everyone in our party says they want to start winning again… but that simply will not be possible with our current set of leaders, too many of which are asleep at the wheel, out-of-touch, and ineffective.”

Hogg first rose to prominence in 2018 as a co-founder of March for Our Lives, a gun control organization formed in response to the Parkland high school shooting. He was elected DNC Vice Chair in February, becoming the youngest person ever to hold the role.

“Leaders We Deserve” describes itself as a grassroots group focused on electing young progressives to Congress and state legislatures. Their messaging is openly hostile to centrists and establishment Democrats, labeling them as obstacles to a “progressive vision for the future.”

While Hogg’s group hasn’t named which incumbents it plans to target, they told the Washington Post they’ll focus on Democrats in safe districts and avoid those facing competitive races against Republicans. That decision makes the internal party fight even clearer—it’s not about strategy, it’s about seizing ideological control.

The backlash is intensifying, especially from Democrat leaders trying to hold their party together ahead of a turbulent 2026 midterm cycle. The DNC is supposed to be a unifying body for Democrats across the political spectrum, not a launchpad for divisive internal warfare.

Hogg’s dual role—as DNC Vice Chair and leader of a well-funded insurgent operation—highlights the growing civil war on the Left. It’s not about defeating Republicans anymore. It’s about purging moderates and rewarding radicals.

Carville’s warning is more than just a rant. It’s a shot across the bow of a party losing control of its own ranks. And for Republicans watching from the outside, it’s proof that the Democrat machine is cracking under the weight of its own extremism.

The GOP should take note—and take advantage—because the deeper the Democrat divide grows, the clearer the conservative path becomes.