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CNN's Axelrod says impeachment didn't come up until 80 minutes into focus group
The Hill ^ | 01 25 2020 | Joe Concha

Posted on 01/25/2020 7:55:09 AM PST by yesthatjallen

Former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said he attended a focus group with Democratic voters in Chicago on Friday, describing the gathering as "chilling" because impeachment "didn't come up" until more than an hour into the session despite it taking place amid the Senate trial of President Trump.

Axelrod, who serves as a political analyst on CNN, shared about his experience during an interview with network anchor Erin Burnett on "OutFront" on Friday night, as Democratic House impeachment managers made their final arguments in the trial before White House lawyers begin their defense of the president on Saturday.

"I was in a focus group this morning for the Institute for Politics here at the University of Chicago with some Chicago Democratic voters, and it was chilling to hear them talk about this," Axelrod said. "Because impeachment didn’t come up, no one volunteered it, for 80 minutes into the focus group, and we’re right in the middle of the trial."

"When it came up, they said, you know, it's terrible what he did, the case has been proven, but we know how it's going to turn out," Axelrod continued. "So we're not really that interested, we're ready to move on."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2020election; axelrod; chicago; clintonnonnews; cnn; davidaxelrod; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; illinois; impeachment; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; trump; uofchicago; whoops
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To: MrEdd

I will be delighted to be “dead wrong on this one.”

It will be so pleasing to see the Dems shrivel up when they see their poll numbers in free fall.


41 posted on 01/25/2020 8:42:34 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: frank ballenger

Nah, they are going to launch a new impeachment. Surely the next one will have the voters eating out of Democrat hands.


42 posted on 01/25/2020 8:44:11 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Robert DeLong
Josh is entertaining but he rarely finds anything of significance. His next new episode they are actually hawking that he finds something! The guy is game for about anything though, lots of props for that.
43 posted on 01/25/2020 8:48:02 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Robert DeLong

The results of Hollywood surprises me?

No. Pay attention. Hollywood and the democrat party are the same entity.


44 posted on 01/25/2020 8:52:03 AM PST by stanne
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To: yesthatjallen

Jeb Bush’s butt buddy - bump for later...


45 posted on 01/25/2020 8:54:40 AM PST by indthkr
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To: MrEdd

That’s why I tend to like KDramas, they tend to be all about families. And South Korea is a relatively conservative society compared to most of the rest of the world.


46 posted on 01/25/2020 8:55:49 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: yesthatjallen

“When it came up, they said, you know, it’s terrible what he did, the case has been proven, but we know how it’s going to turn out,” Axelrod continued. “So we’re not really that interested, we’re ready to move on.”

In other words they have completely drank the Kool-Aid of lies and they still don’t care about it. LOL


47 posted on 01/25/2020 8:55:50 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Translation:Even Chicago’s Rat Party faithful know it's a giant scam.
48 posted on 01/25/2020 8:56:41 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: mad_as_he$$
True, but the subject matter is always interesting & usually informative. I expect little in him finding anything, because of the scant time allotted to do so. 8>)

Yeah, that teaser is what caught my attention to start watching the show. 8>)

49 posted on 01/25/2020 8:58:21 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: billyboy15

Or like watching 2016 election night coverage over and over again.


50 posted on 01/25/2020 9:09:49 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: angmo

Now WHY did you have to go and bring THAT up?


51 posted on 01/25/2020 9:15:49 AM PST by fhayek
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To: yesthatjallen

Chicago? They just wanted to talk about getting more govt handouts.


52 posted on 01/25/2020 9:17:22 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: datricker

“Superbowl much less stressful. When your team is playing 4 all the marbles it’s agonizing to be a fan I’ve found.”

Lol ain’t that the truth! I turned BOTH games off at the half because they were losing and I was sure they could not come back against the Pats. You can imagine my stunned surprise when I woke up the following morning to find out they had won.


53 posted on 01/25/2020 9:31:47 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: yesthatjallen

F these democRAT bastards. When the POTUS can not look into corruption, especially when we are feeding a country money, something is wrong. The swamp is much deeper and more widespread than previously imagined. A civil war is on the horizon.


54 posted on 01/25/2020 9:41:16 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: madison10

It has been clearly proven in my mind and the minds of a lot of conservatives that the Democrat politicians and their Democrat mass Media cover are pedophiles and child sex traffickers.


55 posted on 01/25/2020 10:09:24 AM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Lurker
I wonder if Axelrod still entertains high school boys at his place.

I think he sold most of the stock in his secret basement dungeon to Ed Buck, to entertain Adumb Schitt and Ted Lieu at the next meth injection party.

56 posted on 01/25/2020 10:11:08 AM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: yesthatjallen
The Democrat party is completely out of touch with ordinary Americans.


57 posted on 01/25/2020 10:54:04 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Albion Wilde

BTTT!!!


58 posted on 01/25/2020 10:59:06 AM PST by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: yesthatjallen
"When it came up, they said, you know, it's terrible what he did, the case has been proven, but we know how it's going to turn out," Axelrod continued. "So we're not really that interested, we're ready to move on."

Terrible what he did... What did President Trump do?

the case has been proven. I bet none of these people have read the transcript of the call, and none of them have seen today's presentation of the facts the Democraps don't want people to hear. Hell, I bet none of these people can tell you what the impeachment charges are.

59 posted on 01/25/2020 11:28:12 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: yesthatjallen
This impeachment will wind up being a massive embarrassment for the next century, for the demoncRats. Love it...

The history books are not going to be kind.

60 posted on 01/25/2020 11:38:10 AM PST by DoughtyOne (It's a New Year, and time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll <hardly miss it and it will help.)
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