David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

"Guns definitely were available to us for purchase. And again, you know, a lot of things haven't changed. We were able to get them from Indiana, you know, down south, Mississippi, Alabama, places like that." — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

On #axeFiles, a Chicago gang leader turned anti-violence champion says guns are more available & lethal than ever. "When you talk to some of these young men, if you have a weapon that shoots less than 50 times, then you don't have a good weapon." Pod👉https://t.co/f2r9NFjzmQ https://t.co/umIrHRpVtr — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

After all the chin-pulling about the meaning of the mayoral results in LA, @KarenBassLA has steadily closed the gap on @RickCarusoLA as late mail-in ballots are tallied. At current course and speed, she may overtake him when all votes are counted. Should be a helluva runoff! https://t.co/VowxxBRkKt — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This is the frontrunner for the 2024 @GOP nomination. Holding to a lie. Unrepentant about the insurrection he fomented. Reading this, you can only conclude that he would do it all again. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Two worlds. While the 1/6 committee in Washington lays out a meticulous case describing Trump's central role in an attemped coup, he remains a dominant force in @GOP politics, as reflected in this poll from the IL governor's race. https://t.co/nwxP8WnUBJ — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

"I'm just convinced right now that we value our guns more than we value our children in this country. And that's a devastating reality." Fmr U.S. Ed Secy @arneduncan, who leads an anti-violence program in Chicago. On a new episode of the #AxeFiles. Pod👉https://t.co/f2r9NFjzmQ https://t.co/EcQSl2ojGI — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

.@JakeTapper elicited an important revelation from 1/6 committee chair @BennieGThompson, who said the committee has information linking the Proud Boys and their seditious scheming to Trump apparatchiks. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The most interesting factoid is that the Proud Boys headed to the Capitol long before Trump spoke on the Ellipse. They didn't come for a rally. They came for an insurrection. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

.@RepLizCheney, who is making a lacerating open statement at the 1/6 hearings, is doing so knowing that holding Trump to account will almost certainly cost her her seat in Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Some Rs in Congress rallying behind a familar answer after mass shootings. "I have an idea. Why don't we do nothing?" https://t.co/ddOq4WzdoG — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

On #AxeFiles, fmr U.S. Ed Secy @ArneDuncan takes on the theory that "hardening" schools is the answer to mass shootings like Uvalde. "That just an NRA soundbite. It's not honest...The problem in all these school shootings are assault weapons." Pod👉https://t.co/f2r9NFjzmQ https://t.co/AnWRnzUHW9 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

I'm unwilling to say the 1/6 committee has "already blown it," as ⁦@nytdavidbrooks⁩ suggests here, before they've held even one hearing. Thanks But he's right that there should be a focus on ONGOING threats to democracy. 1/6 was not a one off. https://t.co/BOzEFkubnP — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The school massacre in Uvalde was an unspeakable, horrific tragedy, and is getting the attention it demands. But kids are being shot in Chicago and other cities every day. We need to focus on these tragedies, as well. Listen to this podcast! — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

With the nation focused- at least for now-on gun violence, I sat down for #AxeFiles w/fmr @BarackObama Ed Secy @arneduncan, who's inspiring, post-gov mission is tackling the plague of gun violence in Chicago. Sobering tales from the frontlines. Pod👉https://t.co/f2r9NFjzmQ https://t.co/LS0oULpaTk — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The thumping of this voter initiative, designed to thwart the will of the majority in SD, clears the way for a simple up or down vote in November over whether the state will expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to cover more low income workers. https://t.co/t3pEAXuDj1 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Big congratulations to outstanding ⁦@UChiPolitics⁩ alum Adam Zabner on winning Dem nomination to the Iowa House from Iowa City! (Pictured here at election night celebration with former Iowa state Democratic chair and ⁦@UChiPolitics⁩ fellow Sue Dvorsky.) https://t.co/kFsl1korfR — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

As Californians meet to vote, and the congressional playing field clariifies, we called in the incomparable @Redistrict, Dave Wasserman of @CookPolitical, to join us on an all new @HacksOnTap! https://t.co/RLxVNCNFBn — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

If I were a member of the 1/6 committee, stories like these, casting the hearings as a political cudgel, would make me very unhappy. Conversely, Rs, who hope to dismiss damning findings as partisan, will seize on them. Let facts speak for themselves. https://t.co/akQ827sAPD — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

My old Obama WH aide @EricLesser, now a state senator from western MA & a candidate for lieutenant governor, posted this. For eight years, he's fought to connect MA. But his vision for high speed rail to link the Boston area with to rest of the state is about so much more. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Two noteworthy anniversaries today: D-Day in '44, when American and Allied heroes struck a decisive blow against Hitler. And the death in '68 of Robert F. Kennedy, whose assassination changed the course of history--and not for the better. https://t.co/GyeMzpoYN1 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

An honor to have my #AxeFiles podcast w/@GovRicketts noted favorably by Don Walton, the venerable dean of Nebraska's political press corps! https://t.co/CAeCxME87H — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment right is not unlimited…. [It is] not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” -Justice Scalia — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This peculiar argument that gun safety laws won't work because criminals will just break them...Couldn't you make that argument against ANY law?!? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

On #AxeFiles, @GovRicketts says divisions we face today pale in comparison to the past. "You know, Alexander Hamilton & (Aaron) Burr...had a duel. Hamilton dies because of it. Like, at least nobody's dying right now, right?" Pod👉https://t.co/1Rh02XclFU https://t.co/YBGqjBTCrq — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

These secretary of state races may be the most crucial this year. https://t.co/gtRE2xVwiD — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

"The best tribute to her life and work would be to make sure that her death does not vanish in the fog of hatred and recrimination but serves to guarantee the safety of all journalists who seek to pierce that fog." https://t.co/8n0bNWzU6S — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

On abortion, @GovRicketts says his views are informed by his faith. Yet he also campaigned for the death penalty, a practice Pope Francis's encyclical called "an attack on the inviolability & dignity of the person."On #AxeFiles, I asked him about it. Pod👉https://t.co/1Rh02XclFU https://t.co/WeHeEFF5PB — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

One of the highlights of my childhood in NYC were the Amazin' ⁦@Mets⁩ and the miraculous title they won in '69. Gil Hodges, their manager, was the solid oak tree in the middle of it all. A strong leader who never called attention to himself. https://t.co/fzC0OxaAm7 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Everyone will be watching for evidence of culpability when the 1/6 hearings begin next week, and the story of how/why it happened is essential. But 1/6 wasn't a one off. The more significant learnings may be about the continued, perhaps growing, threats to our democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This is really sad. A @GOP Rep from the Buffalo-area, scene of one of the recent, gruesome mass shootings, entertains an assault weapons ban, and is promptly excommunicated by the party and driven from office. https://t.co/90mldgJ6I4 — PolitiTweet.org