David Axelrod actually said...

the country has not embraced the vision that Donald Trump has articulated because a majority of Americans, in fact, voted for Hillary Clinton and he believed that he would have won the election had he run against Donald Trump.

Context

Axelrod discusses Obama's belief that he would have won against Trump and critiques the Democratic Party's connection with voters.

12/25/2016

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