David Axelrod actually said...

"Yes, if you look -- if you looked up racism and brutality in the dictionary, you'd find Frank Rizzo's picture. He brutalized his citizens, particularly his citizens of color and he celebrated that and..."

"It's very hard to be the president of law and order, when you're holding a can of rhetorical kerosene in your hand."

"Clearly, it's not total, and as you pointed out earlier, you know, he was very -- he was very clear when he wanted to defend the seven governors who are allies of his who didn't impose stay-at-home or..."

"It's completely absurd."