{"id":2358990,"date":"2024-10-24T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-harris-went-to-word-salad-city-during-cnn-town-hall\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T12:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:43:27","slug":"david-axelrod-harris-went-to-word-salad-city-during-cnn-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-harris-went-to-word-salad-city-during-cnn-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"David Axelrod: Harris went to &#8216;word salad city&#8217; during CNN town hall &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-harris-went-to-word-salad-city-during-cnn-town-hall%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=2358990&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--><p>In a recent critique, David Axelrod, a\u2062 former adviser to President Obama,\u2063 expressed his disappointment in Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s\u200c performance during\u200b a CNN town hall. He characterized her responses as being\u200b unclear and evasive, referring to them as \u2064&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-stuart-stevens-says-washington-insiders-threatened-by-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Stuart Stevens Says \u2018Washington Insiders Threatened\u2019 by Lincoln Project\">word salad<\/a>.&#8221; Specifically, Axelrod highlighted Harris&#8217;s failure to directly answer a question posed by CNN \u200dhost Anderson Cooper about whether she would be more pro-Israel \u200dthan Donald Trump, which she sidestepped by \u200cdiscussing\u200c Trump\u2019s authoritarian tendencies instead. Axelrod emphasized\u2063 that while Harris spoke for seven minutes, her\u2062 remarks did not address the question about Israel directly, indicating a pattern of avoiding straightforward answers when faced with challenging inquiries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">David Axelrod describes Harris&rsquo;s nonanswers during CNN town hall as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-asked-point-blank-why-biden-agenda-hasnt-been-accomplished-in-4-years-circular-word-salad-ensues\/\" title=\"Kamala Asked Point-Blank Why Biden Agenda Hasn&#039;t Been Accomplished in 4 Years, Circular Word Salad Ensues\">word salad city<\/a>&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1843391\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Obama adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-axelrod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>David Axelrod<\/a> tore into Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s failure to answer questions clearly during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3201278\/harris-trump-fascist-takeaways-cnn-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN town hall<\/a> Wednesday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The things that would concern me is, when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to word salad city,&rdquo; Axelrod said. &ldquo;And she did that on a couple of answers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod pointed to Harris&rsquo;s answer on the matter of Israel&rsquo;s war in Gaza. He said CNN host Anderson Cooper, the moderator, asked her a &ldquo;direct question.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has said that he&rsquo;s casting himself as a protector of Israel. Do you believe you would be more pro-Israel than Donald Trump?&rdquo; Cooper asked Harris.<\/p>\n<p>In her answer, Harris swerved around a direct response, instead focusing on former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s admiration for dictators, such as North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, without mentioning Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe that Donald Trump is dangerous,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And if the president of the United States, the commander in chief, is saying to his generals, in essence, why can&rsquo;t you be more like Hitler&rsquo;s generals? This is a serious, serious issue, and we know who he is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a seven-minute answer, but none of it related to the question [Cooper] was asking,&rdquo; Axelrod said of the answer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to Harris&rsquo;s answer on immigration, in which she defended President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration&rsquo;s policies, as another example of his concerns about &ldquo;word salad city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we did the right thing,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;But the best thing that can happen for the American people is that we have bipartisan work happening, and I pledge to you that I will work across the aisle to fix this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-touts-biden-spending-plan-then-promises-inflation-wont-reach-1970s-levels\/\" title=\"Yellen Touts Biden Spending Plan, Then Promises Inflation Won\u2019t Reach 1970s Levels\">long-standing problem<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod called her answer here a &ldquo;mistake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration&rsquo;s policies, and that&rsquo;s a mistake,&rdquo; Axelrod said. &ldquo;Sometimes you have to concede things, and she didn&rsquo;t concede much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, he thought Harris was strong on other matters, such as abortion, &ldquo;because she feels passionately about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think she was very strong coming out of the gate, and she obviously came with a purpose,&rdquo; Axelrod said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1843391\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1843391\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Axelrod criticizes Harris&#8217;s unclear responses at CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2358992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Axelrod-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43591,34750,32438,32171],"class_list":["post-2358990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cnn-town-hall","tag-david-axelrod","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Axelrod-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358990","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}