Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said in a recent interview that he no longer cares if President Biden likes him or advises him because he's worried President Biden might not win the election. he said.
“I'm at a stage in my life where I'm not thinking about anything at all,” Axelrod said in an interview. Interview with Politico. “I'm 68 years old. Everyone in Washington thinks the most important thing is that the president likes you and gets invited to parties, but I don't like that. I go to a lot of parties. I worked in the White House, and that's not the case. ”
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Criticism of Axelrod doubles after Biden reportedly called Axelrod “PR—'': “He thinks he can fool nature.''
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said in a recent interview that he no longer cares if President Biden likes him or advises him because he's worried President Biden might not win the election. said. (AP Photo/Getty Images)
“I don't care that they think I'm PR-K,” Axelrod previously said in a conversation with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd about Biden's re-election chances. .That's fine.'' “I hope they don’t think the polls are wrong, because they are.”
Axelrod also commented on a Wall Street Journal poll in December that showed Biden's approval rating at an all-time low, calling it a “very, very dark” sign for Biden's re-election campaign.
“I know people expect 100 percent loyalty, but that's not my job,” Axelrod told Politico.
According to Politico, Republican strategist Mike Murphy “recently joked” on a podcast with Axelrod that “if Biden approaches Axelrod, the president could be convicted of manslaughter. “There is,” he said. “'I'm too fast for him!' retorted Axelrod.
Former Obama aide David Axelrod says polls showing record low approval ratings for Biden are 'very bleak'
Axelrod insisted he was not concerned about Biden reportedly calling him a “pr-k.” (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Axelrod suggested that Biden's age is a serious issue that needs to be acknowledged. At 81 years old, Biden is already the oldest president in American history and will turn 86 at the end of his second term.
“The way he walks and everything else is difficult,” Axelrod said. “People say, 'Why do you say that?' about these things. You seem to think this is a secret? If it were a secret, they wouldn't have these problems. . There are a lot of things in politics that are very clever in some ways, and I think there's only so much you can do about it.”
Axelrod insisted he was not concerned about Biden reportedly calling him a “pr-k.”
“I don't care about that,” said the former Obama adviser. “I don't blame him. He was frustrated and probably thought it wasn't helpful. Someone you know, I won't say who, said to me, 'Thank you Biden.' They sent me a box of buttons that said, “That's why I think so.'' I'm the chairperson. ”
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The Biden campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
Fox News' Hanna Panreck and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.
