David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Here's what Trump's takeway from the 1/6 hearings will be: If get to the WH again, he's not going to bring loyalists-with-limits, like Pence and Barr. Think about that. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Yes, establishing the historical record is absolutely essential. I was making a narrow, political point. Will the evidence influence Republicans? — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The question is, and will be raised throughout these hearings, does it matter? In deeply polarized times, when 70 percent of Republicans accept a blatant lie that the election was stolen, will minds be changed by evidence? Right now, Trump remains '24 @GOP frontrunner. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The obvious power of what the committee is presenting today is that almost all of it is coming through the testimony of Trump staff and high level appointees, who told Trump the conspiracy theories he was peddling were false. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Barr's testimony is devastating. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

If he weren't so complicit in a massive conspiracy against our democracy, it is almost sad to see a guy who once was called America's Mayor now exposed as a pathetic, dangerous, overserved loon. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Now clips of Giuliani, Powell and the looony-tunes portion of the program. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Stirewalt, ex-Fox News decision desk expert, makes such an important point: an 11,000-vote statewide margin is tight but far outside a margin that ever shifts via recounts in the natural world. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Cheney: On election night, Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts, and followed the defiant counsel of "an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani." — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Cheney: On election night, Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts, and followed the defeiant advice of "an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani." — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Sign of times: MI gubernatorial candidate expected to "get a bump" in @GOP primary after his arrest for his role in 1/6 insurrection. https://t.co/fxdv618Yrh — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Saddened to learn of the passing of former IL AG Jim Ryan, a principled conservative who jeopardized his political career decades ago by supporting restrictions on assault weapons. A good & decent man, devoted husband & father & fine public servant. May his memory be a blessing. https://t.co/xjKH1VTwUu — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

"This doesn't happen in any other industrialized nation in the world. This is a Made in America problem. We can absolutely fix it if we have just a little bit of courage." Fmr U.S. Education Secretary @arneduncan, talks gun violence, on the #Axe Files👉https://t.co/f2r9NFjzmQ https://t.co/RrbBYqtjFF — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Baby steps, yes. But if it's YOUR child-YOUR baby-who is saved by them, it will mean the world. I'm grateful to these senators for, at long last, trying to do SOMETHING to respond, even as the fight goes on to do more. — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Many will say these steps are far too modest in a country overwhelmed by gun violence. But it's SOMETHING after years of NOTHING. They won't solve the problem but could save SOME lives. For the kid who might be saved, doing NOTHING would be unforgivable. https://t.co/J6QimY0dIk — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

Sobering testimony to the need for action, on a day when Americans across the country marched to demand it. — PolitiTweet.org

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