David Axelrod: “This isn't the optimal circumstance under which to calm the President down. I think the President has reason to be…”

So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.

There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.

I think Democrats would be very foolish to go all Marjorie Taylor Greene here and WWE stuff and so on. I think they should respond. But I don't think they should, you know, heckle and do the kinds of things that some have talked about.

I think there's a lot of concern among Republican officeholders. Governor Pawlenty could speak more readily to this than me.