Axelrod downplays Harris 'word salad city' criticism, argues voters still don't know the vice president

Former Obama advisor David Axelrod appeared to downplay his disapproval of Vice President Kamala Harris’ "word crockery city" answers during the CNN municipality hall Wednesday night.

"You mentioned that immoderate of her responses to pugnacious questions, specifically connected Israel and connected immigration, resulted successful ‘word crockery city,’ fundamentally reverting to talking points. By his ain admission, Donald Trump weaves erstwhile responding to definite questions, and it seems to marque nary discernible quality to his supporters. So I’m wondering however you deliberation Harris tin negociate what seemed to beryllium to precise antithetic standards," CNN anchor Boris Sanchez asked Axelrod connected Thursday.

Axelrod agreed Harris is held to a higher modular than erstwhile President Trump and emphasized each the positives of Harris’s answers that night earlier acknowledging his comment.

CNN commentator and erstwhile Obama elder advisor David Axelrod responded to the reactions aft his "word crockery city" comments. (CNN screenshot)

"Yes, she’s successful a much hard presumption due to the fact that she has fundamentally had to present herself to the American radical successful 90 days. Donald Trump, we’ve seen for years, and helium does get…there’s nary uncertainty astir it. Boris, you perceive to a Donald Trump rally, and it is an unthinkable formation due to the fact that you ne'er cognize wherever he’s going oregon wherever he’s going to onshore oregon however 1 constituent connects to another. But that, successful immoderate ways, is priced into the banal of Donald Trump," Axelrod said.

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He continued, "Whereas radical are truly trying to get to cognize Kamala Harris, truthful her answers are being scrutinized much intimately due to the fact that radical are looking for clues to who she is and wherever she’s going, and that puts further unit connected her." 

"I cognize that that peculiar portion of my investigation was quoted widely," Axelrod acknowledged. "I besides talked astir immoderate of the strengths of her presentation, including erstwhile she said the quality betwixt america is that he’s going to travel to the bureau with an enemies list, and I’m going to travel with a to-do database astir however we enactment connected those things, those concerns that we’ve discussed present tonight. I thought that was almighty and compelling and truly cardinal statement successful the last 10 days of this campaign."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN municipality hallway successful Aston, Pa., connected Wednesday, Oct. 23. (AP/Matt Rourke)

He added however that statement "really struck a chord" successful him and hoped she would proceed to usage it connected the run trail.

Axelrod went viral pursuing the municipality hallway aft conceding that Harris went disconnected into "word crockery city" answers to questions she didn’t privation to answer.

"The happening that would interest maine is erstwhile she doesn’t privation to reply a question," Axelrod said. "Her wont is to benignant of spell to ‘word crockery city,’ and she did that connected a mates of answers. One was connected Israel. Anderson asked a nonstop question, ‘Would you beryllium stronger connected Israel than Trump?’ And determination was a seven-minute answer, but nary of it related to the question helium was asking."

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David Axelrod took purpose astatine Kamala Harris "word salad" answers connected Wednesday pursuing her CNN municipality hall. (Screenshot/CNN)

He continued, "On definite questions similar that, connected immigration, I thought she missed an accidental due to the fact that she would admit nary concerns astir immoderate of the administration’s policies. And that’s a mistake. Sometimes you person to concede things and she didn‘t concede much."

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