David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

@JohnCassidy Admittedly, it was an intermittent phase. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

So here’s the bottom line on the last couple of days: Goodbye healing, unifying wartime leader, steeling America in very hard times. It didn’t fit. It didn’t work. Truth-telling is too hard. Welcome back, hyper-partisan, divisive, blame-shifting, media-bashing @realDonaldTrump. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Now THAT as something. Wow. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

.@realDonaldTrump gave the North Koreans a global stage they had craved for generations, and canceled joint military exercises with the South Koreans that have been a bulwark against North Korean aggression in the region. In return he has received “beautiful letters.” — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This is like a super nova of craziness. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“I have a good relationship with Kim Jung Un. Obama wanted to have a good relationship with Kim Jing Un but (Kim) wouldn’t meet with him?” What?!? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

If only the governors were “gentlemen” like Putin and the Saudis! — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Apparently, people with COVID-19 never cross county lines. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

And now let’s take a moment to divide the country by faith. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Why did the @POTUS praise China’s handling of the virus in January? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

As I watch the @POTUS interrupt Birx’s presentation with strange side comments, I’m wondering it was smart of the @VP to fly off and leave the briefing to the boss unchaperoned. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

They share a chart on deaths per 100,000. One chart you won’t see, as the president boasts how many tests have been given, is where we rank on a similar basis on testing. Last I looked, we were tenth. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“We’ve done a fantastic job. We’re the talk of other nations.” The last part is undoubtedly true. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This meandering screed against @maggieNYT is nothing short of bizarre. Great reporter, by the way, which may be what irks him. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“It wasn’t a commercial. It was LIKE a commercial.” @POTUS speaks of the campaign video he ran at WH COVID-19 briefing last week. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Open mic night at the WH. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

One other thing. Even if this were the case, this president has been in office for more than three years. What’s HE been doing? He folded the NSC unit in WH designed to mobilize our defenses at the first hint of pandemic. He folded U.S. gov labs in China meant to prevent them. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Republican and Democratic governors have expressed frustration and concern about the lack of adequate testing. It’s not a “partisan” issue, try as the @POTUS would like to depict it as such. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

There was no COVID-19 until 2020. This was not about an “inherited broken system.” It is about the initial bungling and downplaying that cost valuable time. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“Instead of taking steps to prepare, they ignored the advice of one expert after another,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.). “People right now, as we speak, are dying because there have been inadequate supplies of PPE.” — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Unreal. https://t.co/DbdYPcv9EZ — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The story of the administration’s early stumbles and disinformation about COVID-19 is a damning one. Absent a strong defense, the @POTUS has turned to his perpetual project of disqualifying the media, neutering oversight and rewriting history. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

That said, he loves the fight and wants to disqualify any arbiters of fact or institutions empowered to provide oversight-the news media; the Congress; inspectors general; the rule of law. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This is the disconnect. He believes the role of journalists should be to affirm rather than inform; to convey the official party line. It is a Total Authority mentality, best suited to authoritarian regimes, not a democracy. That’s why freedom of the press is the 1st Amendment. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Having been blessed to witness @Jumpman23’s 13-year reign in Chicago, I’m looking forward to The Last Dance doc on @espn tomorrow night. One of the best sports books I’ve ever read is The Jordan Rules by @SamSmithHoops, who beautifully captured MJ and his quest for the title. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

This is a national crisis, not a regional one. COVID-19 isn’t politically discriminating. It’s not a red state virus or blue state virus. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

“The bump in coronavirus cases is most pronounced in states w/out stay-at-home orders. OK saw a 53% increase in cases over the past week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Over same time, cases jumped 60% in AR, 74% in NE, and 82% in IA.” https://t.co/W6WLjChR1h — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The @POTUS sees how dark the economy is going to be for the foreseeable future and, rather than lead the country through a horrific crisis by telling the truth of where we are, he’s jumped on his trusty horse Resentment and will try to ride it to re-election. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Among the many disconcerting things about how the @POTUS has handled this crisis are the bewildering twists and turns in his messaging from day-to-day and hour-to-hour. Starting, of course, with the six critical weeks when he dismissed concerns about it-before he declared “war.” — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Our problem could have been greatly reduced if the leader of a “certain country” has responded in timely and competent way. That country is the United States of America. — PolitiTweet.org