James Carville said Democrats may start asking Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (I-Vt.) to drop out of the presidential race, warning in an appearance on MSNBC that "we can't be lollygagging around here for a lot longer" if the goal is to defeat President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE.



"I think what we might be starting to see Democrats starting to ask Sanders: ‘Look, let’s just don’t drag this thing out any more than we have to," said Carville, a staunch critic of Sanders.

"I mean, people want to get on to the general election. They want to get on to defeating Donald Trump," he said. "And I think Sanders is showing hardly any showing with the African Americans, who are our most loyal constituency, and our most exciting new constituency — and that is these educated white women."

Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden National postal mail handlers union endorses Biden MORE won more states than Sanders and pulled out surprise victories in Texas, Minnesota and Massachusetts. He also won decisively in Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennesse and Alabama, and is in the lead in Maine.

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Sanders has been projected as the winner in California, Vermont, Colorado and Utah.

"He showed nothing," Carville, a former strategist for President Clinton, said regarding Sanders's performance on Super Tuesday. "And if we're going to beat Donald Trump, we can't be lollygagging around here for a lot longer because it seems like the party is starting to make a decision."

Sanders recently referred to Carville as a hack, while Carville has called Sanders "a communist."



"James, in all due respect, is a political hack." Sanders told CNN’s Anderson Cooper last month.



“Look, we are taking on the establishment, this is no secret to anybody,” Sanders added. “We are taking on [President] Trump, the Republican establishment, Carville and the Democratic establishment, but at the end of the day, the grassroots movement that we are putting together of young people, of working people, of people of color, want real change."



In response, Carville told Vanity Fair's Peter Hamby: "Last night on CNN, Bernie called me a political hack. That’s exactly who the f--- I am! I am a political hack! I am not an ideologue. I am not a purist. He thinks it’s a pejorative; I kinda like it.”

Sanders and Biden face off next Tuesday in six state contests, including Michigan, which Sanders took in 2016 against eventual nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE.