Top Obama Strategist: Kamala Can't Relate To People, Goes To "Word Salad City"

CNN�s David Axelrod, the chief strategist behind former President Barack
Obama�s presidential campaigns, was critical of Vice President Kamala Harris�
town hall performance on Wednesday night, saying that she struggled to relate
to people.

Axelrod made the remarks on the network following the 75-minute event with
host Anderson Cooper.

�The things that would concern me is when she doesn�t want to answer a
question, her habit is to kind of go to �word salad city,� and she did that
on a couple of answers,� he said. �One was on Israel. Anderson asked a direct
question, would you be stronger on Israel than Trump? And there was a seven-
minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking.�

�On certain questions like that, on immigration, I thought she missed an
opportunity because she would acknowledge no concerns about any of the
administration�s policies, and that�s a mistake,� he continued. �Sometimes
you have to concede things, and she didn�t concede much.�

He then noted that she struggled to relate on a human level to audience
members who were asking her questions.

�You do want to relate to the people in front of you,� he said. �She didn�t
do a lot of that. She didn�t ask them questions. She didn�t address them
particularly. So, she was giving set pieces too much.�

The event produced a number of moments that were negative for Harris,
including her inability to articulate a legislative agenda and her admission
that the administration would do nothing different with respect to the border
crisis.

She also admitted that former President Donald Trump�s border wall was �a
good idea,� despite having ridiculed the idea dozens of times in the past.

WATCH:

Top Democrat strategist David Axelrod on Kamala Harris� town hall
performance:

�When she doesn�t want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of
go to word salad city�

�She would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration�s
policies and that�s a mistake�

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� Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 24, 2024

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