David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Dr. Trump is at it again. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Is asking about the deployment of ventilators a “nasty” question. Seems pretty germane. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Ok, this is something on which we can all agree. These health care folks are “rock stars.” They’re courageous beyond belief. Now let’s get them the protective equipment they need. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This handshake riff is giving me the shakes. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Jumped the shark on the malaria meds now, suggesting that he might take them prophylactically to ward off the virus. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

On new #AxeFiles, @drsanjaygupta credited @realDonaldTrump for limiting travel from China in Jan. But, he said, the time it bought was squandered. “We didn't start actually creating more ventilators, having more personal protective equipment, creating that surge capacity.” — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

He wants thanks for doing what his job requires to save lives and is deeply affronted when he doesn’t get it. Third grade stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“He wasn’t a Trump person, I’ll tell you that.” Just a note. @realDonaldTrump appointed Michael Atkinson the Inspector General he fired last nightfor following protocol and sharing the Ukraine whistleblower report with the Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“It’s so contagious! No one has seen anything like it.” This was known months ago when he was telling the country that COVID-19 was nothing more than a flu. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

It’s one thing to play a successful businessman on TV. It’s dangerous to play doctor. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

And once again offering his endorsement of an unproven drug regimen. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Today more than usual, these strange little ad-libbed departures from his written remarks are not confidence inspiring. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Reading between the lines, @realDonaldTrump still hasn’t actually invoked Defense Production Act. Rather, he seems content to brandish it, like a parent who threatens to withdraw allowance but never does. Has the government moved swiftly in January, we would be in better shape. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The U.S. government is not “back up” in a national crisis and global pandemic. Functioning properly, it is the organizing hub. Otherwise, you have the chaos we have seen over appropriate guidelines and the production and acquisition of needed equipment. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

NY may be bearing the brunt right now but this is a national siege. Consider Georgia: https://t.co/IPRkIpwRk8 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Here’s my observation: When the facts are difficult for @realDonaldTrump, he goes into overdrive to try and discredit those who report them. But right now, people are sick. People are dying. His focus should be on getting this right, not spinning an unspinable story. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“By the time Donald Trump proclaimed himself a wartime president — and the coronavirus the enemy — the United States was already on course to see more of its people die than in the wars of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined.” https://t.co/TScfbUFwa2 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Little by little, the @POTUS works to tear down independent oversight and menace any within the government who step forward to shine a light on potential wrongdoing. Already, he protests any congressional oversight of how trillions will be spent in this crisis. — PolitiTweet.org

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In firing the IC’s respected Inspector General late Friday for doing his job and advancing the Ukraine whistleblower’s complaint, the @POTUS’s cynical calculation was that it would seem off key-maybe even unpatriotic-to protest this purge in the midst of a raging pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Today, @drsanjaygupta is a trusted and comforting source for Americans in a time of crisis. But on latest #AxeFiles, he speaks movingly about his struggle to find belonging as a young Indian-American in a homogenous suburban community. Here’s full pod👇 https://t.co/7DUH18QxQA https://t.co/diN5X8taWZ — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Under the cover of the siege, a Friday night massacre. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

100 percent! Plus, we had to make a grocery run today-yes, we did were masks-and was so grateful for the men and women who were statfing that store. So many Americans are stepping up. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

As the nation is focused on a deadly crisis, the @POTUS takes the opportunity to settle scores, firing the Inspector General who handled the Ukraine whistleblower complaint. https://t.co/FkPeX6ySbU — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I am so inspired by the many public servants-health care workers; police; firefighters and others-who have courageously put their lives on the line for US during this siege. And my heart aches for the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

As I mentioned last week, @LarryRasky, a longtime adviser to @JoeBiden and Boston political legend, died suddenly on March 22. He had COVID-19. His family has set up a memorial page for those who would like to share reflections. You can find it here: https://t.co/S3Mg6Me7HL https://t.co/jgo3SSsWmk — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The other irony, of course, is that if we are able through social distancing and sheltering in place manage to flatten the curve, it will be because of governors who got out in front of the @POTUS and took aggressive steps before he was willing to acknowledge the need. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I honestly can’t imagine any other president, in the midst of a national crisis, blaming the states for a lack of preparedness. But what makes it worse is that this is that this is the @POTUS who scrapped early warning pandemic units & downplayed the threat for 6 critical weeks. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

There is no evidence of significant fraud associated with mail-in voting, as the @POTUS just suggested. And if the virus persists, the effect of rejecting it would be to severely limit turnout in the next election. Which may be exactly his intention. https://t.co/q9vPwzHsS0 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The WH argued for years during @BarackObama Administration that a large infrastructure program made huge sense to spur the economy while interest rates were low. .@realDonaldTrump making them same argument now. Can he bring the @GOP in Congress along? — PolitiTweet.org