Axelrod: Messaging About Democracy Is for Those with ‘Privilege’ to Not Worry About Inflation

AXELROD And what concerned ░░░░░░░░ about that piece was ░░░░░░░░ know the president expressed ░░░░░░░░ that s fine but ░░░░░░░░ was this strange lack ░░░░░░░░ urgency about this race ░░░░░░░░ we got this Well ░░░░░░░░ you re right nobody ░░░░░░░░ got this Trump doesn ░░░░░░░░ have it Biden doesn ░░░░░░░░ have it It s ░░░░░░░░ close race But it ░░░░░░░░ going to be a ░░░░░░░░ difficult race and you ░░░░░░░░ fight it every single ░░░░░░░░ COLLINS Well I m ░░░░░░░░ because I mean this ░░░░░░░░ is also talking about ░░░░░░░░ himself and Biden says ░░░░░░░░ he doesn t think ░░░░░░░░ would concede the election ░░░░░░░░ he loses he s ░░░░░░░░ that he totally would ░░░░░░░░ to the quote was ░░░░░░░░ says Losers who are ░░░░░░░░ are never graceful I ░░░░░░░░ think he ll do ░░░░░░░░ to try to win ░░░░░░░░ and when I win ░░░░░░░░ think he ll contest ░░░░░░░░ no matter what the ░░░░░░░░ is But even though ░░░░░░░░ Donilon one of his ░░░░░░░░ campaign advisers now wants ░░░░░░░░ focus on democracy you ░░░░░░░░ people in Scranton aren ░░░░░░░░ talking about democracy at ░░░░░░░░ dinner table AXELROD Yeah ░░░░░░░░ I think I feel ░░░░░░░░ concerned about this issue ░░░░░░░░ were there you saw ░░░░░░░░ happened on January 6 ░░░░░░░░ think Trump 2 0 ░░░░░░░░ be the Delta variant ░░░░░░░░ democracy I think he ░░░░░░░░ be that much more ░░░░░░░░ to contain All of ░░░░░░░░ said I think that ░░░░░░░░ people who are sitting ░░░░░░░░ their kitchen table talking ░░░░░░░░ this are people who ░░░░░░░░ t concerned about what ░░░░░░░░ paid for the groceries ░░░░░░░░ are on the kitchen ░░░░░░░░ that if you re ░░░░░░░░ with the you know ░░░░░░░░ concerns about inflation and ░░░░░░░░ of the day to ░░░░░░░░ concerns of life if ░░░░░░░░ don t have the ░░░░░░░░ not to then you ░░░░░░░░ probably not talking about ░░░░░░░░ And so I think ░░░░░░░░ should continue to talk ░░░░░░░░ this issue I think ░░░░░░░░ s an important issue ░░░░░░░░ he has to talk ░░░░░░░░ other things as well ░░░░░░░░ Yeah you can walk ░░░░░░░░ chew gum on this ░░░░░░░░ can on the one ░░░░░░░░ talk about the importance ░░░░░░░░ democracy and on the ░░░░░░░░ hand talk about the ░░░░░░░░ of American strength and ░░░░░░░░ Republicans are blocking you ░░░░░░░░ projecting the American strength ░░░░░░░░ s going to protect ░░░░░░░░ and push back against ░░░░░░░░ COLLINS It s so ░░░░░░░░ he carries around that ░░░░░░░░ card of Trump s ░░░░░░░░ alarming comments to him ░░░░░░░░ he pulled out AXELROD ░░░░░░░░ be a big card ░░░░░░░░ COLLINS We ll see ░░░░░░░░ long it is Evan ░░░░░░░░ didn t write that ░░░░░░░░ Axelrod Adam Kinzinger great ░░░░░░░░ have you both here ░░░░░░░░