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 nan CNN municipality hall Wednesday night.

"You mentioned that immoderate of her responses to reliable 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 make nary discernible quality to his supporters. So I’m wondering really you deliberation Harris tin negociate what seemed to beryllium to very different 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 nan positives of Harris’s answers that night earlier acknowledging his comment.

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

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

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He continued, "Whereas group are really trying to get to cognize Kamala Harris, truthful her answers are being scrutinized much intimately because group 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 study was quoted widely," Axelrod acknowledged. "I besides talked astir immoderate of nan strengths of her presentation, including erstwhile she said nan quality betwixt america is that he’s going to travel to nan agency pinch an enemies list, and I’m going to travel pinch a to-do database astir really we activity connected those things, those concerns that we’ve discussed present tonight. I thought that was powerful and compelling and really basal statement successful nan 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 really that statement "really struck a chord" successful him and hoped she would proceed to usage it connected nan run trail.

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

"The point that would interest maine is erstwhile she doesn’t want 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 location was a seven-minute answer, but nary of it related to nan mobility he 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 for illustration that, connected immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she would admit nary concerns astir immoderate of nan administration’s policies. And that’s a mistake. Sometimes you person to concede things and she didn‘t concede much."

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