Former top Obama adviser David Axelrod attacked the 2020 democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden for “serially” distorting his record on the Iraq War.
Biden has been giving false accounts of when he turned against the Iraq War. He said this week that “the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment.” But he publicly supported the war at least until September 2003, and did not say his vote to authorize the use of military force was a mistake until 2005.
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It’s one thing to have a well-earned rep for goofy, harmless gaffes. It’s another if you serially distort your own record. @JoeBiden is in danger of creating a more damaging meme.https://t.co/ThCVCz4Fjb
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 6, 2019
Axelrod addressed the claim on Twitter Thursday tweeting, “It’s one thing to have a well-earned rep for goofy, harmless gaffes. It’s another if you serially distort your own record. @JoeBiden is in danger of creating a more damaging meme.”
The public intervention of Obama’s closest adviser, who was instrumental in the selection of Biden as vice-presidential running mate and worked closely with him at the White House, is significant, underlining concerns among senior Democrats that Biden does not have what it takes to go up against President Trump in a general election.
