David Axelrod Claims Dems Uphold ‘Norms’ — But Reality Tells Different Story

Former President Barack Obama’s chief campaign strategist David Axelrod claimed on “The Prof G Pod” Wednesday that Democrats struggle to win because they believe in “norms,” even though they have repeatedly violated them in recent years.

Axelrod said on the podcast that it’s “a constant problem for Democrats” that they “believe in rules and laws and norms and institutions,” while President Donald Trump “does not,” putting them at a disadvantage. Yet just in recent years, Democrats covered up former President Joe Biden’s decline, nominated former Vice President Kamala Harris with virtually no primary voter approval and prosecuted Trump.

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“hen you’re in a political battle with Donald Trump, it’s asymmetric warfare,” Axelrod asserted.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson authored a May book titled “Original Sin,” reporting that Biden’s staffers, Cabinet officials and Democratic lawmakers hid the former president’s decline in order to boost his reelection odds.

Moreover, special counsel Robert Hur issued a February 2024 report finding that Biden mishandled classified documents, but he decided not to charge him because any potential jury may have perceived him as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” A transcript of the interview revealed memory lapses, like Biden appearing to forget when he began and ended his vice presidency, and the date of his late son Beau’s death.