David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

@murphymike Wait. That isn’t YOU? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

On @HacksonTap, just released, we talk about the role presidents USUALLY play in moments of national tragedy, and why @realDonaldTrump can’t. And we talk the politics of guns with fmr @RepSteveIsrael, who spent 16 years battling the @NRA.👇 https://t.co/iaq8FZBx8r — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I bet a lot of nervous @JoeBiden supporters are walking with a little more verve this afternoon. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

So this is what it’s about? Not the dead, the wounded, the heartbroken survivors. Not the terror hate and racism unleashes. It’s about clicks and ratings! Hate sells! unity is “sleepy!” What a revealing Tweet! And disturbing. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

By far, this is best @JoeBiden moment of the campaign. He is speaking with energy, passion and conviction. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I remember the last time he visited El Paso, slandering the city and immigrants for his own political purposes. Nearby, an even larger crowd of community residents responded with dignity and love, which frustrated and confused him. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

THOUSANDS of incendiary @realDonaldTrump campaign ads, THIS YEAR, invoked the menacing language of “invasion” mimicked by El Paso gunman. Trump sees profit in provocation. But you light a fuse, you invite an explosion. Period. Full stop. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This year alone, the @realDonaldTrump campaign has run urgent, targeted digital ads inveighing against the “invasion” of immigrants at the Southern border. You cannot at once be the arsonists and the fireman. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I asked yesterday, in light of @POTUS condemnation of hate, about the @realDonaldTrump digital ad campaign and ITS role in stirring nativist passions. Here is the answer: https://t.co/oHEldlDdGP — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

And yes, @BetoORourke also projects palpable empathy- and, not coincidentally, also has experienced a tragic loss in his life. I do believe that decency is in demand. This will be a major plotline as the story of this next election plays out. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I was reminded tonight, when he was speaking with @AC360, how compelling and powerful @JoeBiden can be when he speaks of loss and recovery; a quality so desirable in times of national tragedy. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Former Philly and DC police chief Charles Ramsey on the destructive power of the assault weapons used in weekend’s massacres: “The only thing you hunt with them are people. You try and kill a deer with it and there would be nothing left to eat.” — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

RT @BarackObama: https://t.co/nNOVtQ50O4 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

If history is any guide, the opponents of gun law reforms will offer expressions of sorrow, embrace cosmetic actions that fall short of meaningful reform and bottle up in the senate broadly supported steps like universal background checks. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This is the challenge for the president. His words today were all about battling hate. But this guy heard a much different message from the podium of the Trump rallies. He took a different message from the incendiary Tweets. And he acted on them. https://t.co/Xnp0pSVHiR — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Bottom line message to the @POTUS: Hate? Heal thyself. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

What we don’t want is to further stigmatize millions of Americans who struggle with mental illness by describing these incidents as a mental health issue. I, of all people, am sensitive to that, and appreciate the admonitions. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Many have corrected me, and I accept it. Though there is a similar profile of the shooters as angry and troubled loners, the shooters in El Paso, Pittsburgh and elsewhere were explicitly racists, motivated by the “invasion” of immigrants. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

And yes, Mr. @POTUS, the shooters are, by definition, mentally ill. But the easy access to weapons of war has made the U.S. unique in the world as the home of mass shootings. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The @POTUS says social media is feeding the cauldron of hate. He’s right. But look at your own Tweets, sir! And how many of the targeted digital ads you’re flooding the country with right now are aimed at lifting up the worth or every human being? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

It’s good that the @POTUS finally condemned white supremacy. It would be great if he stopped fueling it. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The @POTUS denounces hate and speaks of “the inherent worth” of all human beings. How surreal when you lay these words next to his campaign rallies, Tweets and incendiary statements, for which he takes not one whit of responsibility! — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

RT @ananavarro: Trump can speak out against: * The Squad * CNN * Elijah Cummins * Don Lemon * Bette Midler * Mueller * Schiff * Paul Ryan… — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

In Chicago last week, 74 people were shot and six killed. And that is the norm. Mass shootings are horrific. Hate that leads to mass shootings is a cancer we must attack. I grieve for the dead and wounded in TX and OH. But America has a gun violence problem unique in the world. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

And wouldn’t it be refreshing and valuable for @realDonaldTrump to take responsibility for his words and their impact when he addresses the nation this morning? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Is it really partisan to say that the inflammatory language of an immigrant “invasion” the @POTUS has used, repeated by the shooters in El Paso and Pittsburgh, has contributed to an environment of hate and violence? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Have some of @realDonaldTrump tweets been racist? On new #AxeFiles, @JohnKingCNN, who grew up in a racially fraught Boston, talked about the president’s tweets in the context of that painful, personal history. Podcast here👇 https://t.co/6UTzCk5BWf https://t.co/LHOIwGRWnJ — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Shooter in Dayton killed nine and wounded 27 in just 30 seconds. That is what assault weapons are built to do. https://t.co/jUBgVg6BrE — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

It’s appropriate to lower the flags. But if you truly want to honor the memory of the victims, how about lowering your inflammatory rhetoric? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

https://t.co/9be5wzhNOL via @NYTOpinion — PolitiTweet.org