David Axelrod actually said...

"Absolutely. Look, I'm the son of a Jewish immigrant who fled tropes like that when he came, he and his family came to America and has terrible meaning to many, many Jewish-Americans."

"It would have been so great, it would have been so important for the country if he just could have risen above this one time."

"They're going to run in fear of the NRA."

"President Obama called it the day of Sandy Hook tragedy, the worst day of his presidency."