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David Axelrod: “I think this -- the constant anxiety of waking up to a president's tweets and tantrums and often gratuitous battles and…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2019
I think this -- the constant anxiety of waking up to a president's tweets and tantrums and often gratuitous battles and the chaos around him is just exhausting.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod comments on the fatigue caused by Trump's behavior and its impact on voters.

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