{"id":1296679,"date":"2022-02-14T10:36:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296679"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T20:37:36","slug":"david-axelrod-warns-biden-you-cant-jawbone-americans-into-believing-things-are-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-warns-biden-you-cant-jawbone-americans-into-believing-things-are-better\/","title":{"rendered":"David Axelrod Warns Biden: You Can\u2019t \u2018Jawbone Americans\u2019 Into Believing Things Are Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdavid-axelrod-warns-biden-you-cant-jawbone-americans-into-believing-things-are-better%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Joe-Biden-7-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>David Axelrod, one of Barack Obama\u2019s key advisors on his 2008 campaign trail and confidante during his presidency, has some advice for President Joe Biden: Be humble during your upcoming State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>In an opinion column for The New York Times, Axelrod pleaded with Biden to tone down his rhetoric during the speech by painting things as they really are in America while acknowledging the pains and anxieties caused by inflation, COVID-19 restrictions, and violent crime \u2014 amongst other woes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cThe speech will command the largest television audience the president is likely to enjoy this year, and the temptation will be, as it always is, to herald his achievements and declare that we have navigated the storm,\u201d Axelrod noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cBut, Mr. President, proceed with caution.\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cTalk about the things you and Congress have done to help meet the challenges Americans are facing, for sure. Lay out your goals for the future, absolutely. Offer realistic hope for better days ahead,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Axelrod then noted \u2014 without directly saying it \u2014 that Americans think Biden\u2019s presidency is a disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cUnsurprisingly, incidents of suicide, drug overdose deaths and violence in our homes and on the streets have grown dramatically. Frustrations with masks, mandates and shifting rules have deepened our political divides. Jobs have come roaring back, raising wages,\u201d Axelrod claimed of the current situation. \u201cBut those wage increases have been eaten up by inflation, the likes of which we have not seen in four decades. And all the while, the rich have gotten richer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cThe state of the union is stressed. To claim otherwise \u2014 to highlight the progress we have made, without fully acknowledging the hard road we have traveled and the distance we need to go \u2014 would seem off-key and out of touch,\u201d Axelrod added. \u201cYou simply cannot jawbone Americans into believing that things are better than they feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if the advice will fall on deaf ears. For example, just last week, Biden admonished NBC\u2019s Lester Holt for being a \u201cwise guy\u201d for asking about inflation, which polls have indicated is a top concern for most American voters. The U.S. government announced inflation rose 7.5% year-over-year, but Biden maintained he was not responsible for it and it was caused by a \u201clack of computer chips,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-downplays-question-from-nbcs-lester-holt-about-inflation-youre-being-a-wise-guy\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it was back in July, you said inflation was going to be temporary,\u201d Holt said. \u201cI think a lot of Americans are wondering what your definition of temporary is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWell, you\u2019re being a wise guy with me a little bit, and I understand that\u2019s your job,\u201d Biden responded. \u201cBut look, at the time, what happened was the, uh, let\u2019s look at the reasons for the inflation. And the reason for the inflation is the supply chains were cut off, meaning that the products, for example, automobiles, the lack of computer chips to be able to build those automobiles so they could function, they need those computer chips, they were not available.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for not making lofty promises, as Axelrod also warned against, readers should keep in mind the Biden administration has recently promised to cure cancer and bring automobile accidents to zero. To avoid comments like that in the State of the Union, Axelrod told the president, \u201cLay out your goals for the future, absolutely. Offer realistic hope for better days ahead. We desperately need it. But recognize that we are still in the grips of a national trauma. Polls show that the vast majority of Americans believe we are on the wrong track, and people will have little patience for lavish claims of progress that defy their lived experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entire op-ed can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/14\/opinion\/biden-state-of-the-union.html\">here<\/a>. The State of the Union will air on March 1, 2022, from the nation\u2019s Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Axelrod, one of Barack Obama\u2019s key advisors on his 2008 campaign trail and confidante during his presidency, has some advice for President Joe Biden: Be humble during your upcoming &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1296679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}