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David Axelrod

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Founder, @UChiPolitics; Chief Political Analyst for @CNN. Author, Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Host of The Axe Files & Hacks on Tap podcasts.

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1Feb 28, '25I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office. Zelensky is fighting for the survival o31.1×7.8M128k19k2.1k
2Jan 7, '23This was the most humiliating moments any leader has suffered on the floor of Congress. Ever.13.8×3.5M34k2.7k100
3Aug 23, '24Robert F. Kennedy was my political hero. He battled fiercely & eloquently against poverty, injustice and for economic fairness. Sadly RFK Jr, who made a rambling exit from the race11.1×2.8M29k3.5k434
4May 7, '23We have completely jumped the shark as a nation. The world looks at us in absolute bewilderment as we slaughter each other with guns, and throw our hands up in resignation. It's pa10.7×2.7M24k4.1k131
5Sep 27, '20This may be why @realDonaldTrump has potential legal problems. If you claim massive losses to avoid paying federal income taxes but inflate your revenues and assets on bank documen4.2×0102k20k369
6May 26, '22A kid buys two assault weapons, days apart, and 375 rounds of ammunition. Is that alone not a warning sign?4.2×0118k12k388
7Oct 3, '23Love her or hate her, she's lookin' pretty darned good right about now, wouldn't you say?4.0×1M27k2.8k37
8May 18, '20.@BarackObama didn’t mention @realDonaldTrump. Yet when Obama referenced adults with fancy titles who act like children and do only what feels good, the president’s supporters imme3.7×092k16k238
9Oct 5, '20The president is receiving multiple medications. It’s noteworthy that none of them is hydroxychloroquine3.4×090k14k128
10Aug 8, '22One thing is very clear. Garland would not have authorized this raid, and no federal judge would have signed off on it, if there weren't significant evidence to warrant it.3.3×070k9.4k241
11Oct 5, '20This scene of the president ripping off his mask, posing and saluting, is deranged.3.1×081k12k110
12Mar 25, '21The shooter in Boulder bought an assault weapon a week before the massacre. He had a conviction for assault and a history of aggressive acts. Explain to me how background checks wo3.0×078k12k240
13Apr 2, '22I've been taking an RX for a chronic condition for years. This week, I learned my insurance no longer covers it. Now the cost is $639-a-month! How many people can afford that? "You2.9×067k9.1k414
14May 13, '25The @POTUS says "he could be stupid and turn down a free plane." You'd have to be stupid to believe that a $400 million plane, offered by a foreign government, is "free."2.9×721k34k5.5k250
15Oct 3, '20The stunning conclusion from the briefing today is that the @POTUS knew he had COVID-19 at least 3 days ago, did not disclose it, went to events and risked infecting others. They t2.8×058k17k230
16Sep 30, '20Next debate, moderator has to cut mics.2.7×073k9k38
17Jul 19, '20My favorite part of the very good Chris Wallace interview with @realDonaldTrump: TRUMP: “Now we have the 1619 project. What is THAT all about?” WALLACE: “Slavery.”2.6×067k11k269
18May 16, '20So @BarackObama advised @realDonaldTrump not to hire Flynn as nat sec adviser. Trump ignored the advice. Flynn proceeded to lie to the @FBI and @VP about his call with the Russian 2.5×055k13k313
19Sep 9, '1895 straight months of job growth. 21 months of @realDonaldTrump. Do the math.2.5×050k17k96
20Aug 12, '22.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety. This, in the United States of America, folks. 2.3×042k11k200
21Oct 3, '20When the @POTUS wants to present a skewed picture of the virus and what it requires, he sends out Dr. Atlas, who has no background in public health or epidemiology, to parrot the p2.2×051k13k191
22Aug 21, '20This is not a convention speech so much as a presidential address.2.2×065k6.3k65
23Aug 30, '18To state the obvious, denying federal workers a pay raise because you’ve lavished a trillion dollars of tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy, creating massive new deficits, is 2.2×045k15k45
24Sep 19, '20If @realDonaldTrump and @senatemajldr ram thru a replacement now, the SCOTUS will have a majority of justices appointed by presidents who finished 2d in the popular vote, confirmed2.2×041k11k244
25Apr 29, '18Americans were treated to a profane, insult-laden, often inappropriate monologue last night. But enough about the @POTUS. How about the White House Correspondents Dinner?2.2×049k11k27
26Jan 25, '20I’ve heard some Rs say they find @RepAdamSchiff “irritating.” I suspect it is because he has made the case so powerfully.2.1×047k5.8k29
27Jul 4, '22A friend took his kids to July 4th Parade in Highland Park today. His son has special needs. When shots rang out, they ran for their lives, the dad pushing his grown son's wheelcha2.1×052k8.2k226
28Mar 25, '20Reporters should not allow the @POTUS to savage a fellow correspondent who is asking a legitimate question he finds uncomfortable and refuses to answer. They should serially repeat2.1×050k9.6k46
29Nov 5, '19Such a night.2.0×054k6.7k281
30Sep 5, '17What a terrible legacy for @realDonaldTrump if Joe Arpaio gets a pardon while 800,000 young people, who have done no wrong, get the boot!2.0×037k15k0
31May 2, '20Before @JoeBiden was selected VP by @BarackObama, vetters for the campaign scoured every aspect of his record, career and life. Tara Reade or complaints of sexual harassment or ass2.0×037k13k454
32Jan 5, '21This is a pretty stunning mashup.2.0×033k14k1.6k
33Nov 16, '18Interesting to hear @realDonaldTrump complain that the Mueller probe has “wasted millions of millions dollars.” This from a president who sent 5,000 troops to the border as a campa2.0×044k11k35
34Mar 26, '18Memo to Gen. Kelly: Stormy Daniels reports that the @POTUS became more compliant after been spanked. Desperate times demand desperate measures.1.9×043k11k31
35Aug 16, '17Is there any question that @barackobama would have delivered the eulogy at Heather Heyer's service today on behalf of a riven nation?1.9×042k9.5k0
36Dec 7, '17Strange principle is emerging: If you admit misconduct, you resign. But if you deny it, however compelling or voluminous the testimony against you, you continue in office-or on to 1.8×034k13k0
37Jun 13, '19I did 150 campaigns and did not accept “oppo” from ANY foreign government much less an adversary. Let’s not pretend this is normal. Or legal. Or right.1.8×043k9.3k40
38Oct 18, '20Trump Tower in Chicago aglow with Biden-Harris light.1.7×044k7.6k127
39Mar 1, '22It may be irrational but I don't want to turn the TV off and lose connection with what's going on in Ukraine--as if by going to sleep, I'm abandoning the valiant people, facing dow1.7×048k3.7k151
40Mar 26, '20Another question: Why did the WH ignore the pandemic playbook that sat on their shelves, and which would have triggered federal efforts to meet the demand for ventilators and other1.7×036k9.1k87
41Oct 5, '20Question: If the @POTUS is taking a steroid that sometimes produces wild mood swings, shouldn’t he surrender authority to the VP under the 25th Amendment?1.7×030k5.4k37
42Jun 19, '17So when acts of terror are committed by Muslims, @POTUS can't wait to Tweet. When they are committed AGAINST Muslims, nothing.1.7×029k13k1
43Feb 5, '20Just a fact check. The economic expansion has been on for decade. The last three years of the @BarackObama admin produced more jobs than the first three years of @realDonaldTrump. 1.6×031k12k328
44Jun 6, '22This peculiar argument that gun safety laws won't work because criminals will just break them...Couldn't you make that argument against ANY law?!?1.6×041k5.1k159
45May 13, '20So the Barr-led Bureau of Prisons frees Manafort to serve the REMAINING FOUR YEARS of his sentence at home despite the facts that there have been no COVID-19 cases at the prison wh1.6×029k11k126
46Jun 10, '22The 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.1.6×040k6.6k112
47Oct 24, '18We don’t know who sent the bombs. We do know this. Words of incitement do incite. Words of encouragement for acts of violence lead to more violence. Words matter. This is not a gam1.6×034k9.5k34
48Dec 19, '19There was no conceivable political advantage for the 30 or so newly-elected Ds from districts @realDonaldTrump carried in 2016 who voted for impeachment today. None, They voted the1.5×038k6.7k51
49May 8, '20This rash of new COVID-19 infections at the White House is stupidity unmasked.1.5×038k5.5k36
50Jun 13, '20This is extraordinary. $600 BILLION in taxpayer money, directed to business loans. And they won’t say who got the money!?!1.4×024k11k183
51Oct 1, '20So under @GovAbbott’s new order, counties in Texas, regardless of size, are limited to ONE drop off box for ballots. So Harris County (Houston), 1,777 square miles, has to close 111.4×028k9k103
52Jul 29, '17Your health care repeal lost 49-51, Mr. @POTUS. It's not like presidential elections, where you can get less votes than your opponent & win!1.4×028k9.2k1
53Jul 26, '17"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -The late, great Abraham Lincoln1.4×024k11k0
54Mar 23, '21Bewildering when @SenTedCruz says universal background checks would deprive “law-abiding” citizens of guns. If they’re law-abiding, what do they have to fear?1.4×035k5.6k41
55Nov 7, '20The latest release of ballots from Allegheny County were mostly military. @JoeBiden won them by something approaching four-to-one.1.4×036k5.1k129
56Dec 18, '21Because I’m vaccinated & boosted & take precautions, I don’t fear the virus. What I DO fear is that I, or someone I love, might need emergency medical care for something el1.4×035k5.4k110
57Dec 20, '21I’d love to see @SenSchumer put each, individual piece of the BBB bill on the floor for a vote. Let senators explain why they oppose universal pre-K; paid family leave; child tax c1.3×031k6k74
58May 1, '19.@KamalaHarris elicited what seemed to me to be a pretty astonishing admission from Barr that neither he nor Rosenstein or their staffs examined the underlying evidence gathered by1.3×029k7.6k55
59Nov 11, '20I wonder what the world thinks when they hear the U.S. Secretary of State smugly dismiss the results of an American presidential election?1.3×031k3.8k50
60Oct 8, '20I have to believe that Republican candidates around the country are deeply nervous about @realDonaldTrump’s behavior and plummeting poll numbers. He could drag the whole party down1.3×031k4k30
61Apr 25, '20It turns out that Lysol kills self-serving, misleading press briefings 99.9 percent of the time!1.3×036k4.9k58
62Jan 6, '19Is anyone talking about the Mattis letter? About Cohen, Manafort or the probe? @realDonaldTrump is getting just what he wants out of this shutdown fight. He is the center of attent1.3×027k8.4k26
63Aug 20, '20.@BarackObama has given so many moving, meaningful speeches but perhaps none more than his message tonight. It will be reported as an assault on his successor. It will be remembere1.3×034k5.5k64
64Mar 26, '19Unless some better explanation surfaces, here’s the lesson of this weird turn in the Smollett case: You can contrive a hate crime, make it a national news, get caught and-if you ar1.3×026k7.1k55
65Sep 27, '20This almost certainly explains why @realDonaldTrump is fighting to vigorously to keep the Manhattan DA from obtaining Trump’s tax returns.1.3×033k5.3k27
66Jun 26, '18As one after another 5-4 rulings of this SCOTUS on voting rights, abortion rights, the travel ban and more are announced, the full meaning of @SenMajLdr ‘s unconscionable, nearly y1.2×024k7.9k19
67Apr 27, '21My flight from Chicago to NYC was just called back to the gate after a guy in a white supremacy tee shirt refused to wear his mask. “This is fucking America!” he shouted. But mostl1.2×033k3.8k60
68Jun 7, '20Powell; Mullen; Dempsey-three former chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-have rebuked the @POTUS. So have Generals Mattes and Allen. America’s most highly respected former military1.2×027k7.1k123
69Aug 7, '20Mind-boggling to see Larry Kudlow, the POTUS’s chief economic adviser on @CNN today, saying that what we need are incentives to encourage people to go back to work, as if the probl1.2×027k5.8k49
70Mar 20, '20No American or the world can take confidence from what we just witnessed. In the midst of an epic crisis-a moment that calls for calm, steady leadership, the @POTUS shows himself t1.2×027k6.2k44
71Nov 17, '19This disastrous week for @realDonaldTrump is ending with the defeat of his candidate for Gov in LA, for whom he made three visits, including 48 hours ago. Dem Gov. @JohnBelforLA wi1.2×030k4.7k17
72Jul 18, '18The most jarring thing about this week has been how fundamentally submissive this @POTUS has been. For all his bluster bravado, what the world saw was a shockingly weak president.1.2×025k6.6k19
73Aug 17, '20Every state in the country should follow CT’s lead and position drop off boxes in every community for mail-in ballots to account for the obstacles being put up by USPS.1.2×026k6.5k31
74Oct 8, '21The critical battle today isn’t between Ds and Rs. It’s between those who believe in democracy and those who would dismantle it.1.1×029k4.5k62
75Dec 30, '19Remarkable that we know @realDonaldTrump spoke with Putin yesterday only because the KREMLIN read out the call.1.1×025k6.7k37
76Nov 6, '20Probably rethinking the whole “suckers” and “losers” thing right now.1.1×032k3.4k67
77Jul 22, '20140,000 deaths couldn’t sway the @POTUS on masks; distancing. But a spate of disastrous polls finally did.1.1×027k5.4k34
78Nov 10, '18I don’t know whether it was the bad results on Tuesday or what, but @realDonaldTrump has seemed particularly unhinged since.1.1×027k4.4k11
79Jan 23, '21I’m still adjusting to a @POTUS who, when he speaks, speaks about the country and not himself. It’s nice.1.1×033k2.4k26
80May 21, '20You ever notice that when @realDonaldTrump is reading a speech, he often stops and considers the words that have been written for him and comments on them? “So true.”1.1×030k3.1k56
81Nov 29, '18People who cooperate with prosecutors are “weak.” People who don’t are “brave.” So says the President of the United States. Think about that.1.1×025k5.8k32
82Oct 11, '21If you’re not worried about our democracy, you’re not paying attention. And that’s exactly what those who would undo it are counting on!1.1×027k5k53
83Aug 26, '20Jobs grew faster in the last three years of the @BarackObama administration than during the first three of of the Trump Administration.1.1×025k6k75
84Jan 15, '21Do you have the same feeling I do that it’s a lot more peaceful online since Trump lost his social media privileges?1.1×032k1.7k15
85Feb 24, '19Half century later, @realDonaldTrump finally is headed to Vietnam in the service of his country!1.1×024k4.5k20
86May 6, '21The whole @RepLizCheney saga has been so clarifying. She’s as conservative as they come. Her only sin was to call BS on Trump’s election fraud. For that, she will be expelled as a 1.0×028k3.6k58
87May 21, '22I'm proud to be included on the new list of Americans banned from Russia. As the son of a Jewish refugee from Ukraine, and a grateful American, I consider this an honor! Glory to U1.0×032k2.1k35
88Jun 13, '22Barr's testimony is devastating.1.0×029k2.3k69
89Jul 14, '20I have never heard a @POTUS deliver as nakedly political speech from the Rose Garden. It started as an official announcement and then just devolved into a meandering anti-Biden scr1.0×025k4.4k50
90Apr 1, '20Apparently news directors have had their fill of @realDonaldTrump rallies posing as COVID-19 briefings. Only Fox News is carrying right now.1.0×024k3.5k35
91Dec 9, '19“Yes, the man pointed a gun at you and demanded your wallet. But did he ever say, ‘This is a robbery?’ And if he didn’t say ‘this is a robbery’ how, sir, could it be a robbery?!?1.0×026k4.3k116
92Mar 27, '19My daughter is a Special Olympian. It has been a tremendous, enriching experience for her and millions of others. Zeroing out funding for the @SpecialOlympics is a heartless act th1.0×026k4.6k9
93Nov 4, '18Ten years ago. What an unforgettable night!1.0×025k4.2k18
94May 24, '18What Alex Jones did to the Sandy Hook families and the memory of their children is sick and depraved. I hope they take him for every penny he’s got.1.0×023k5.3k29
95Mar 20, '22What is really enraging about politics is the degree to which so many so-called leaders would sooner see the country fail than elected officials of the other party succeed.1.0×025k3.6k66
96Feb 10, '21Impossible to believe that as the Secret Service was evacuating Pence, Trump wasn’t informed.1.0×027k3.5k59
97May 15, '20When you line up all of @realDonaldTrump’s flagrant lies about COVID-19 dating back to January, why would anyone have confidence in anything he says about it now?1.0×024k4.1k23
98Jun 2, '20.@JoeBiden just gave a very powerful speech in Philly.0.9×026k3.2k13
99Feb 28, '21The thing that struck me in going to one of these big vaccination mega-sites in a stadium parking lot is just how helpful, kind and joyful all the volunteers and medical personnel 0.9×028k2k20
100May 29, '21I never thought in my lifetime that America would divide into a pro-democracy party and another wedded to an autocrat but it appears that this is where we are.0.9×024k3.4k47

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