Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod argued that Vice President Kamala Harris voters shall be intelligent sufficient to navigate voting within the wake of the devastation from Hurricane Helene, whereas saying that rural Trump voters may have a more durable time attending to the polls.
Axelrod made the declare throughout an episode of his podcast “Hacks on Faucet” that aired Wednesday, predicting that liberal voters in Asheville, North Carolina – a predominantly blue space within the state – will “determine a strategy to vote” extra so than conservatives within the storm’s aftermath.
Describing Asheville as a “blue dot” within the state, he continued, “These voters in Asheville are – they’re, you realize, the type of voters that may determine a strategy to vote. You realize, they’re upscale, type of liberal voters, and so they’re in all probability going to determine a strategy to vote,” Axelrod stated.
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Political analyst David Axelrod just lately implied that “upscale” liberal voters in Asheville, NC may have a greater probability at attending to the polls in wake of the Hurricane Helene than rural Trump voters. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photographs)
He continued, stating rural conservatives will not be as resourceful to find methods to vote following the destruction of their houses and communities.
“I’m undecided a bunch of those of us who’ve had their houses and lives destroyed elsewhere in western North Carolina – within the mountains there – are going to be as simple to wrangle for the Trump marketing campaign,” the political commentator hypothesized.
“I don’t know the way that’s all going to play out, nevertheless it’s an unpredictable aspect in North Carolina that has made it, possibly slightly extra attention-grabbing,” he mused.
Communities in North Carolina – which Axelrod famous is the second-most rural state within the nation – had been hit particularly arduous by the consequences of Hurricane Helene. Catastrophic flooding has destroyed roads and bridges, chopping off communities from getting much-needed support.
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Greater than 70 folks are actually confirmed lifeless in North Carolina, and a whole bunch of individuals stay unaccounted for as a result of lack of energy and communication entry.
As of Thursday, the dying toll among the many six states most affected by Helene – Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee – sits at 170. Catastrophe response groups concern that quantity will climb as they regain entry to communities remoted by the storm.
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Scott Richardson surveys his collapsed and destroyed home within the aftermath of Helene, in Boone, N.C., on Sept. 28. (Reuters/Jonathan Drake)
A number of distinguished X customers commented on Axelrod’s political evaluation.
OutKick.com founder Clay Travis posted, “On his podcast @davidaxelrod says Democrat voters in Asheville, North Carolina are smarter, wealthier and can nonetheless present as much as vote for Kamala whereas he thinks Trump voters gained’t. That is why Kamala and Biden aren’t serving to, they profit from the catastrophe.”
The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway commented, “I concern that Axelrod’s level is why Harris and Biden are letting these folks drown.”
Fox Information contributor Tammy Bruce slammed Axelrod over his take, asking, “Did ya know that well-known Democrat operative David Axelrod figures metropolis Democrats are smarter and extra resourceful and can determine tips on how to vote whereas the dumb Trump deplorables up within the mountains of NC who simply misplaced every part, will not. Was he on the verge of a Kamala cackle?”
Reporter and commentator Drew Hernnadez acknowledged, “David Axelrod says Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina which might be Trump voters may have a tough time voting within the 2024 election. They hate you.”
Fox Information Digital’s Bailee Hill contributed to this report.
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