James Carville, a political consultant known for his love of the LSU Tigers, has decided to step away from his teaching job at the school after he says the campus culture made him “scared to death in my job.”
Carville shared the news while speaking with the New York Times, saying he recently spoke with a dean after a student complained about an off-color joke he made in a class a few years ago.
While he said this made him want to take it up a notch with his jokes, the experience left him changed.
“This was L.S. freaking U., not Oberlin,” Carville told the Times. “It was terrible. I wouldn’t take the coeds to dinner after class. I would take the male students. I was scared to death in my job. I was like: ‘I don’t need L.S.U.’s money. I don’t need to drive up there and listen to that crap.’ I just said: ‘That’s it. I’m done. This is not for me.’”
Carville, who became popular as a top aide to President Bill Clinton during his 1992 campaign, has been teaching at his alma mater since 2018 after leaving a role at Tulane University.
Carville left LSU in the spring of 2021, and he shared during the interview that professors at LSU and other public schools are “scared to say or do anything.”
Because of this, Carville argues that students are suffering.
During his conversation, the longtime Democrat shared some criticism for his party and President Joe Biden, raising concerns about his ability to win and serve another four years.
He also said that there are many talented Democrats like New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu who could become the leaders of the party if the old regime would just step aside.
“The most underreported, under-realized thing is how talented the Democratic Party is right below the presidential level,” Carville told the Times.