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David Axelrod

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David Axelrod

@davidaxelrod

Founder, @UChiPolitics; Chief Political Analyst for @CNN. Author, Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Host of The Axe Files & Hacks on Tap podcasts.

Joined January 2011

David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
May 26, 2022
A kid buys two assault weapons, days apart, and 375 rounds of ammunition. Is that alone not a warning sign?
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Feb 28, 2025
I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office. Zelensky is fighting for the survival of his country, his people and their democracy. Trump and Vance appear to be completely aligned with
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Sep 27, 2020
This may be why @realDonaldTrump has potential legal problems. If you claim massive losses to avoid paying federal income taxes but inflate your revenues and assets on bank documents for loan purposes, wouldn’t that constitute fraud?
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
May 18, 2020
.@BarackObama didn’t mention @realDonaldTrump. Yet when Obama referenced adults with fancy titles who act like children and do only what feels good, the president’s supporters immediately read it as a dastardly attack on HIM. Why is that?🤔
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Oct 5, 2020
The president is receiving multiple medications. It’s noteworthy that none of them is hydroxychloroquine
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Oct 5, 2020
This scene of the president ripping off his mask, posing and saluting, is deranged.
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Mar 25, 2021
The shooter in Boulder bought an assault weapon a week before the massacre. He had a conviction for assault and a history of aggressive acts. Explain to me how background checks wouldn’t help?
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Aug 8, 2022
One thing is very clear. Garland would not have authorized this raid, and no federal judge would have signed off on it, if there weren't significant evidence to warrant it.
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Sep 30, 2020
Next debate, moderator has to cut mics.
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Jul 19, 2020
My favorite part of the very good Chris Wallace interview with @realDonaldTrump: TRUMP: “Now we have the 1619 project. What is THAT all about?” WALLACE: “Slavery.”
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Apr 2, 2022
I've been taking an RX for a chronic condition for years. This week, I learned my insurance no longer covers it. Now the cost is $639-a-month! How many people can afford that? "Your money or your life" is a hell of choice that people shouldn't have to face.
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Aug 21, 2020
This is not a convention speech so much as a presidential address.
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
Oct 3, 2020
The stunning conclusion from the briefing today is that the @POTUS knew he had COVID-19 at least 3 days ago, did not disclose it, went to events and risked infecting others. They thought they could hide this until the media outed Hope Hicks and the POTUS developed symptoms.
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
May 16, 2020
So @BarackObama advised @realDonaldTrump not to hire Flynn as nat sec adviser. Trump ignored the advice. Flynn proceeded to lie to the @FBI and @VP about his call with the Russian ambassador, for which Trump fired him and Flynn pleaded guilty. And this is Obama’s fault?!?