CNN's Axelrod says impeachment didn't come up until 80 minutes into focus group

The Hill ^ | 01 25 2020 | Joe Concha

[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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[fuzzylogic]

They’re incapable of of distinguishing between actual facts and innuendo, assertions, hearsay, and assumptions.

They’re incredible naive, they believe that you can distort a narrative, paint a sinister picture around it and that becomes, somehow, to be a “proven crime”.

They had better hope they never get judged by such a standard. It’s all driven by true hateful bigotry and they don’t even see it.

[RooRoobird20]

LOLOLOL alert!!!

The solution is obvious: the deeply despondent Rats need to off themselves. There is no hope, no future for them. Their lives are over.

[Dick Bachert]