Democrat strategists say they should pack the court, make DC and PR states, and hold Trump 'accountable' when they retake power

Speaking on their Politics War Room podcast, political strategists James Carville and Al Hunt said that when Democrats take back the House in 2026, which they believe is a fait accompli, they should make Puerto Rico and Washington, DC states, pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices, and hold President Trump "accountable"—meaning impeachment. "F*ck it," said Carville laying out the plan, "eat our dust."

If Carville and Hunt get their way, the representatives who would come into Congress from both PR and DC would necessarily be leftists and would skew the votes in their favor on issues such as border security, abortion, child sex changes, and international law.

"I'm really focused on what they should do when they win the House, and maybe the Senate in 2027," Hunt said, "and that's to hold Trump as accountable as they possibly can."

"If the Democrats win the presidency and both Houses of Congress," said Carville, "I think on day one they should make Puerto Rico and DC a state, and should expand the Supreme Court to 13. F*ck it, eat our dust. They've done everything they could. They held up the 2020 election, they stole it, they've stolen Supreme Court seats, they've gerrymandered everything they can. And the only way to fight it is don't run on it, don't talk about it, just do it."

Trump and others in the GOP have been saying repeatedly for months that the GOP, which currently holds a majority in both bodies of Congress, should remove the barriers that prevent them from enacting sweeping policy changes in line with the Trump agenda, but key Senate leaders like majority leader John Thune have refused. What stands in the way is the filibuster, meaning that because bills need 60 votes in the Senate, Democrats can hold them up even if the majority party is in agreement.

Thune could eliminate that procedural hurdle and pass much of the Trump agenda into law, including border security, immigration reform, election integrity, bans on trans surgeries for minors, and other measures. However, Thune and others in the GOP have said that they are unwilling to do so because they fear that removing the filibuster would allow Democrats to force through their radical agenda when they retake power. The Democrats have been unabashed in saying that they would do so anyway, regardless of the gentlemanly propriety of Thune and his colleagues.