{"id":1536245,"date":"2022-07-02T08:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T12:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1536245"},"modified":"2022-07-02T08:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T12:19:23","slug":"david-axelrod-on-biden-things-look-out-of-control-and-hes-not-in-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-on-biden-things-look-out-of-control-and-hes-not-in-command\/","title":{"rendered":"David Axelrod on Biden: Things Look &#8220;Out of Control, and He&#039;s Not in Command&#8221;"},"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\">28<\/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-on-biden-things-look-out-of-control-and-hes-not-in-command%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=1536245&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 id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">During CNN\u2019s &#8220;The Lead with Jake Tapper&#8221; on Thursday, host Jake Tapper spoke with CNN senior political commentator and former senior Obama advisor David Axelrod, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fall-roe-blamed-democratic-establishment-wapo-columnist-says-pelosi-biden-need-move-aside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">echoed President Biden&#8217;s critics<\/a>, admitting that things in the country are &#8220;out of control&#8221; and that Biden is &#8220;not in command.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The discussion between the two centered on how Biden is handling many of the political setbacks that have befallen his party and other forces threatening the country under his watch, including 40-year-high inflation, especially amid criticism from his own party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tapper brought up Biden\u2019s recent declaration that he was pursuing legislation to end the Senate filibuster so that Democrats could codify Roe v. Wade into law. The Supreme Court\u2019s reversal of Roe v. Wade last week prompted the president\u2019s urgency, though both Tapper and Axelrod acknowledged Biden has no power to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper stated, &#8220;Well he\u2019s not going to be able to get it done. Manchin and Sinema aren\u2019t going to do it and those are just the two taking it on the chin for it. There are lots of Democratic senators very concerned \u2013 less publicly so \u2013 about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-support-ending-filibuster-protect-abortion-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changing the filibuster rules<\/a> for the reason I explained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/axelrod.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod told Jake Tapper on Thursday that President Biden is in a \" very fraught environment \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod told Jake Tapper on Thursday that President Biden is in a &#8220;very fraught environment&#8221; politically.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Screenshot\/CNN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-grumble-biden-age-effectiveness-2024-presidential-election-looms?cmpid=prn_newsstand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATS GRUMBLE OPENLY ABOUT BIDEN&#8217;S AGE, EFFECTIVENESS AS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOOMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Axelrod acknowledged Tapper\u2019s point. &#8220;Yes, yes,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;and Manchin and Sinema provide a cover for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod claimed the impotence Biden has in ending the filibuster just reflects the unfortunate situation he is in as president right now. &#8220;I mean this is the lot that Biden finds himself in. There is this sense that things are kind of out of control and he\u2019s not in command. And this lends to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The commentator mentioned how <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6308893834112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high inflation and high gas prices<\/a> are making Biden look weak. &#8220;Inflation, no one president can control inflation, but it is a gale force wind right now. It&#8217;s effecting politics,&#8221; Axelrod explained, adding,\u00a0&#8220;You heard him on gas prices today. He talks about the gas tax holiday, but he is not going to get the gas tax holiday and there are a lot of Americans who are skeptical about whether that would help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, you know, this is a very, very fraught environment for him right now,&#8221; Axelrod asserted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/David-Axelrod-CC.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"David Axelrod, former advisor to President Barack Obama, understands critics who claim that Biden is in over his head as leader of the country.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      David Axelrod, former advisor to President Barack Obama, understands critics who claim that Biden is in over his head as leader of the country.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later, Tapper brought up the recent AP-NORC poll which showed that 85% of Americans think that &#8220;things in this country are headed in the wrong direction.&#8221; Tapper pressed Axelrod, saying, &#8220;That frankly points to disaster for Democrats in November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-approval-rating-reaches-lowest-of-presidency-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN APPROVAL RATING TUMBLES TO LOWEST POINT OF HIS PRESIDENCY: POLL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Axelrod admitted, &#8220;If you were looking at the chart, you\u2019d say the vitals are not good. The President\u2019s approval rating\u2019s at 38%. His economic ratings are low. Consumer confidence is down. The number that you mentioned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though Axelrod claimed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-in-landmark-opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court\u2019s Roe v. Wade reversal<\/a> might have thrown a wrench into the system. &#8220;The one thing that I don\u2019t know is how this ruling by the Supreme Court last week is going to affect things.&#8221; He mentioned hearing from polling teams and focus groups that the decision &#8220;does seem to have galvanized people, and not just about this issue, but concerns about Republicans and extremism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, If I were a Republican strategist, I\u2019d be a little bit worried about that right now,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/SCOTUS-Abortion-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Abortion-rights protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court&#039;s landmark abortion cases.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Abortion-rights protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court&#8217;s landmark abortion cases.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">((AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Gabriel Hays is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @gabrieljhays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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