David Axelrod

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

When you carelessly use the language of war for your own political profit, those who are inclined pick up on those cues do. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

When the @POTUS uses his platform to preach the incendiary language of “invasion” and crisis, suggesting that immigrants represent an existential threat, is it any wonder that unstable white supremacists take up arms? — PolitiTweet.org

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WH COS @MickMulvaneyOMB is righteously indignant that fingers are pointing in the wake of Saturday’s shooting at @realDonaldTrump for his incendiary rhetoric that cheers white supremacists. So don’t expect any let up in the incendiary rhetoric that cheers white supremacists! — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Predictably, you have pols out there arguing that gun laws are useless because criminals ignore them. Isn’t that an argument against ANY law? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Your prayers would be more meaningful, Mr. President, if you hadn’t so gleefully and cravenly fanned the flames of hatred. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Perhaps the prayers should be for YOU! — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Somehow this line hit me like a ton of bricks. “He said the store was ‘at capacity’ as many customers were there to buy back-to-school supplies.” Parents and kids, buying school supplies! Excited for the new school year. https://t.co/dhTdEgDkHo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @murphymike: Great debate analysis by ⁦@davidaxelrod⁩. Hear more on our latest ⁦@HacksOnTap⁩ podcast, recorded with Axe and I in Detroit… — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Opinion: Elizabeth Warren is running a brilliant campaign https://t.co/WTS7a5gvmi — PolitiTweet.org

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Translation: He didn’t have the votes. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

We are literally fiddling while the earth burns. #madness #dereliction https://t.co/JtlZi6BKA0 — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

.@HurdOnTheHill won re-election in this 70 percent Hispanic district by 900 votes. This should be a Dem pickup in ‘20. — PolitiTweet.org