He has shredded the idea of civility in our politics from the moment he begun running for president.
David Axelrod: “He has shredded the idea of civility in our politics from the moment he begun running for president.”
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Axelrod discusses the impact of Trump's behavior on political civility.
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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.
The place where it has influenced politics is in Canada. Now, Justin Trudeau is not -- he's stepping down. He's going to step down. But there's going to be an election in the next few days for the new Liberal Party leader and then there…
So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.





