Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod insists Vice President Kamala Harris' voters will get through voting wisely after damage from Hurricane Helen, while Trump voters in rural areas will have difficulty getting to the polls. He said it would be.
Axelrod made this claim during a podcast episode. ”Ready-to-use hacks” aired Wednesday and predicted that liberal voters in Asheville, North Carolina (a predominantly blue area of the state) would “find a way to vote” more than conservatives in the storm's aftermath.
Describing Asheville as the state's “blue dot,” he continued, “Asheville voters, you know, are the type of voters who will figure out how to vote. You know, they're upscale, they're liberal. voters, and they'll probably find a way to vote,” Axelrod said.
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Political analyst David Axelrod recently hinted that “upscale” liberal voters in Asheville, North Carolina, would have a better chance of going to the polls than rural Trump voters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)
He went on to say that rural conservatives may not be as resourceful in finding ways to vote after their homes and communities have been destroyed.
“I don't know if the Trump campaign will have an equally easy case for the many people whose homes and lives were destroyed in other parts of western North Carolina, deep in the mountains there,” the political commentator hypothesized. .
“I don't know what's going to happen, but North Carolina had an element of unpredictability that might have made it a little more interesting,” he mused.
Communities in North Carolina, which Axelrod noted is the second most rural state in the nation, were particularly hard hit by Hurricane Helen. Catastrophic flooding has destroyed roads and bridges, leaving communities without much-needed aid.
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More than 70 people are now confirmed dead in North Carolina, and hundreds are still missing due to lack of power and communications access.
As of Thursday, the death toll in the six states hardest hit by Helen (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee) had reached 170. Disaster response teams fear the death toll will rise further as access is restored to isolated communities. By the storm.
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Scott Richardson inspects his home, which was destroyed by Helen, on September 28 in Boone, North Carolina. (Reuters/Jonathan Drake)
Several prominent X users commented on Axelrod's political assessment.
Clay Travis, founder of OutKick.com, said on his podcast @davidaxelrod that Democratic voters in Asheville, North Carolina, are smarter and wealthier, even though he thinks Trump voters won't. , said he would still vote for Kamala. Here's why Kamala and Biden. They are not being helped, they are benefiting from the disaster. ”
“I'm concerned that Mr. Axelrod's points are why Mr. Harris and Mr. Biden are drowning these people out,” Federalist Editor-in-Chief Molly Hemingway said in a statement.
FOX News contributor Tammy Bruce criticized Axelrod's views, saying, “While famed Democratic operative David Axelrod said the city's Democrats would be smarter, more resourceful, and understand how to vote, , did you know that stupid Trump claims to be grieving in the mountains of North Carolina?” Just lost everything, was he on the verge of making Kamala laugh? ”
Reporter and commentator Drew Hernadez said, “David Axelrod says Hurricane Helen victims in North Carolina who voted for Trump will have a hard time voting in the 2024 election. hates you.”
Fox News Digital’s Bailee Hill contributed to this report.
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