CNN’s David Axelrod Agrees with Dave Portnoy: Democrat ‘Moral Superiority’ Is Not Working

BASH One thing that ░░░░░░░░ ve heard you say ░░░░░░░░ I completely agree with ░░░░░░░░ on and we talked ░░░░░░░░ this earlier around the ░░░░░░░░ is not just about ░░░░░░░░ policies in fact it ░░░░░░░░ not be about the ░░░░░░░░ very much at all ░░░░░░░░ s about the communication ░░░░░░░░ where you are delivering ░░░░░░░░ how you re delivering ░░░░░░░░ message and how the ░░░░░░░░ are just light years ░░░░░░░░ of Democrats in having ░░░░░░░░ influencers and figuring out ░░░░░░░░ algorithms to find new ░░░░░░░░ or Democratic voters or ░░░░░░░░ voters or never you ░░░░░░░░ never before people who ░░░░░░░░ paid attention to politics ░░░░░░░░ the Internet and doing ░░░░░░░░ on their phone One ░░░░░░░░ guy Dave Portnoy who ░░░░░░░░ a podcast Barstool he ░░░░░░░░ somebody who said after ░░░░░░░░ that he thought it ░░░░░░░░ insanity He thought that ░░░░░░░░ whole country was a ░░░░░░░░ for a lot of ░░░░░░░░ but that was part ░░░░░░░░ it He identifies as ░░░░░░░░ moderate independent and yet ░░░░░░░░ voted for Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ to what he said ░░░░░░░░ starts PORTNOY The people ░░░░░░░░ the strings in the ░░░░░░░░ Party get rid of ░░░░░░░░ They ve lost the ░░░░░░░░ Tonight is on the ░░░░░░░░ It was a ringing ░░░░░░░░ for the Republicans Trump ░░░░░░░░ indictment against the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ got to look themselves ░░░░░░░░ the mirror This moral ░░░░░░░░ complex they have this ░░░░░░░░ they have it s ░░░░░░░░ working It s time ░░░░░░░░ wake up and see ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends BASH Is ░░░░░░░░ just a more blunt ░░░░░░░░ of saying what you ░░░░░░░░ me at the beginning ░░░░░░░░ I think so No ░░░░░░░░ I I I I ░░░░░░░░ think that that s ░░░░░░░░ it is And I ░░░░░░░░ t you know I ░░░░░░░░ t know if I ░░░░░░░░ it just that way ░░░░░░░░ I think that he ░░░░░░░░ on point there The ░░░░░░░░ thing I would disagree ░░░░░░░░ is you know Donald ░░░░░░░░ was less popular in ░░░░░░░░ exit poll by a ░░░░░░░░ margin than was Kamala ░░░░░░░░ So I don t ░░░░░░░░ whether it was a ░░░░░░░░ endorsement of Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ much as a rejection ░░░░░░░░ the of incumbency but ░░░░░░░░ of this attitude that ░░░░░░░░ s speaking of I ░░░░░░░░ I think we need ░░░░░░░░ we owe people the ░░░░░░░░ respect the respect for ░░░░░░░░ they do and what ░░░░░░░░ mean you know and ░░░░░░░░ these blue collar workers ░░░░░░░░ people who do things ░░░░░░░░ their hands in the ░░░░░░░░ they make this country ░░░░░░░░ BASH Mm hmm AXELROD ░░░░░░░░ re doing important work ░░░░░░░░ we calling this BASH ░░░░░░░░ they used to be ░░░░░░░░ backbone of the party ░░░░░░░░ Yeah And they BASH ░░░░░░░░ AXELROD and they and ░░░░░░░░ feel like they are ░░░░░░░░ of as less and ░░░░░░░░ their priorities are not ░░░░░░░░ priorities of the Democratic ░░░░░░░░