Over the weekend, former Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod joined Bill Kristol to discuss the ongoing 2024 presidential campaign and how President Joe Biden can win reelection. Axelrod, who has been a staunch critic of Biden in recent months, encouraged the Biden campaign to avoid messaging promoting Bidenomics and emphasized the need to center the campaign around contrasting the 81-year-old Democrat with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
"I wouldn't go out there and extol the miracle of the Biden economy. It just drives me crazy when he does that," Axelrod said, adding that Biden shouldn't pretend like the economy is fine like he did during a recent interview with Al Roker. "Instead of sort of doing what you'd expect Joe Biden to do because he's a person of empathy who grew up in a working-class circumstance and identify with the concern, he said, 'You know, I'd tell them we've got the strongest economy in the world and, you know, we're...' — and he continues to do that. That is the wrong strategy."
"The right strategy is to say, 'Look, we've made a lot of progress from the day I walked in the door as a country, and I'm proud of our country for fighting through this pandemic and getting her back to where we've got this much employment. But the fact is, the way people experience this economy is the way I did when I was growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. How much did you pay for the groceries? How do you afford the gas and the rent? And these continue to be a problem, and I'm fighting that fight,'" the Democrat strategist explained. "So I think he needs to put himself on the side of working people in their economic fight here."
In addition to voicing his disdain for Biden's messaging around the economy, Axelrod also provided some free advice on the president's handling of the border, explaining that the administration needs to take action as tens of thousands of migrants enter the country each month. "I would not rely, if I were Biden's people, too much on the fact Trump killed the border bill," Axelrod said in reference to the defeat of the supposedly "bipartisan" border bill that failed to garner enough support in the Senate earlier this year. "I think he's going to have to do something by Executive Order. He has to look like he's seizing control of this situation...Time is growing short."
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"I wouldn't go out there and extol the miracle of the Biden economy. It just drives me crazy when he does that," Axelrod said, adding that Biden shouldn't pretend like the economy is fine like he did during a recent interview with Al Roker. "Instead of sort of doing what you'd expect Joe Biden to do because he's a person of empathy who grew up in a working-class circumstance and identify with the concern, he said, 'You know, I'd tell them we've got the strongest economy in the world and, you know, we're...' — and he continues to do that. That is the wrong strategy."
"The right strategy is to say, 'Look, we've made a lot of progress from the day I walked in the door as a country, and I'm proud of our country for fighting through this pandemic and getting her back to where we've got this much employment. But the fact is, the way people experience this economy is the way I did when I was growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. How much did you pay for the groceries? How do you afford the gas and the rent? And these continue to be a problem, and I'm fighting that fight,'" the Democrat strategist explained. "So I think he needs to put himself on the side of working people in their economic fight here."
In addition to voicing his disdain for Biden's messaging around the economy, Axelrod also provided some free advice on the president's handling of the border, explaining that the administration needs to take action as tens of thousands of migrants enter the country each month. "I would not rely, if I were Biden's people, too much on the fact Trump killed the border bill," Axelrod said in reference to the defeat of the supposedly "bipartisan" border bill that failed to garner enough support in the Senate earlier this year. "I think he's going to have to do something by Executive Order. He has to look like he's seizing control of this situation...Time is growing short."
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Obama consultant David Axelrod warning the Biden team of 'extolling the miracle' of the Biden economy:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) April 6, 2024
"It just drives me crazy when he does that."
"He needs to put himself on the side of working people in their economic fight."
Don't piss on Americans and tell us it's rain. pic.twitter.com/21p1eEbpXI
Axelrod: "I would not rely, if I were Biden’s people, too much on the fact Trump killed the border bill. I think he’s going to have to do something by Executive Order. He has to look like he’s seizing control of this situation...Time is growing short."https://t.co/Hg8ycRRrBr pic.twitter.com/W311tp6eFb
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 5, 2024
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