This is an administration that is going to have to take office in the midst of a national crisis, a national pandemic, an economic crisis that's resulted from it. It is a very, very subversive act on the part of this President.
David Axelrod: “This is an administration that is going to have to take office in the midst of a national crisis, a national pandemic…”
On the recordNovember 8, 2020
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David Axelrod discusses the challenges the incoming administration will face due to the current President's actions during the transition.
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