Posted on 07/08/2024 5:12:55 PM PDT by Libloather
Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod raised questions Monday about former President Trump’s current strategy of keeping quiet amid rising concerns over President Biden’s health and candidacy.
“Trump’s not talking much about Biden’s bad debate. Trump’s campaign is not blitzing ads about it. And Lara Trump said last week it would be an affront to democracy if Biden were not the nominee,” Axelrod wrote in a social media post. “Question: Why do you think they are uncharacteristically holding fire?”
Axelrod, a longtime adviser to former President Obama, has been an outspoken critic of the Biden campaign in recent weeks as the president struggles to recover from a poor debate performance.
A rising number of Democrats have called on Biden to leave the race and make way for a different candidate in recent days.
Former Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), a former chair of the House GOP campaign arm, said last week that Trump’s strategy is simply to let Biden hurt himself with the negative attention.
“When your opponent is blowing himself up, don’t interrupt. … There’s no reason to insert yourself in that conversation,” Stivers told The Hill. “The discipline is smart on this topic, and he’s done a good job at that.”
“Nobody in the Democratic Party cares about what Trump thinks whether Biden’s the candidate, so why talk,” he continued. “I’m glad to see he’s learned from 2020, because he wasn’t very disciplined then. I think it speaks to him learning from the past.”
Axelrod has dismissed the calls for Biden to leave the race as “irrelevant,” saying he doesn’t believe the president will end his campaign. But he’s also been openly critical of Biden, calling him “dangerously out-of-touch” Friday.
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I think Democrats have gotten this covered, what can Trump offer at this point? Pile on calling for Biden to resign or defend Biden? Nah, just get out the popcorn and watch.
Sharp as a tack.
Because unlike much of the GOP and the RATS, he is not stupid.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is dealing with a previously made monstrous mistake.
When your enemy is destroying themselves... Stay out of the way.
When something clearly speaks for itself outside words only detract.
Why waste the ammo on a dead body.
Dorothy kept her mouth shut while the Witch was melting.
President Trump isn’t going to attack a dementia patient that is clearly losing the race. There’s no need and it could garner sympathy votes by people with misplaced compassion if he did.
The ship is sinking all on its own.
As soon as Trump attacks Biden, the dems will rush to defend him.
Biden ain’t going nowhere.
Jill is the meanest bitch that ever balled for beads.
Movie reference.
More to the point, the once boot licking, Biden fawning media is working so hard are trashing and destroying Biden that they uncharacteristically seem to have forgotten all about destroying Trump.
— Napoleon
Or as I like to paraphrase him
When your enemy is destroying himself get out of the way.
Bingo. Great post, lousy handle.............How did you decide on it?
I don’t get this.
Axelrod is pissed off that Trump is not being critical of Biden?
What’s his angle? Does he wish Democrats could criticize Trump for criticizing Biden? Is he angry there’s no basis to have a fight with Trump and Republicans right now?
They are trying to provoke Trump to say something to take news off of Biden. Don’t. Take. The. Bait. Trump. It’s tainted.
“ Question: Why do you think they are uncharacteristically holding fire?”
Because he’s not as dumb as he looks.
Because he is smarter than Axrlgrease
When someone is destroying themselves just hold their coat.
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