David Axelrod punches Politico for 'BS story' about his 'spitball' at Hillary

This afternoon, Politico posted an article about “Obama campaign alums” taking post-debate swipes at Hillary:

The Obama alumni peanut gallery fires spitballs at Clinton http://t.co/8oTWzLv32P | Getty pic.twitter.com/gAIX91FaPm

— POLITICO (@politico) October 14, 2015

From Politico:

David Axelrod, Obama’s top political strategist, noted that “Clinton made a few mistakes,” and he listed her mischaracterization of her position on the Obama administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which she claimed she hadn’t fully supported in the past before coming out against it this week.

“That isn’t true and was sloppy, giving her opponents another proof point in their assault on her trustworthiness,” Axelrod wrote in an otherwise praiseful CNN column that posted Wednesday morning. He also described a “weak answer” Clinton gave on her opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline and suggested that she contradicted herself when she named Republicans as her “enemies” and then pledged in her closing statement to unite the country.

David would just like to set the record straight:

.BS story in @politico on Obama alumni & HRC. I was effusive on @CNN about her showing. To say she wasn't flawless is hardly a "spitball."

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 14, 2015

Thanks for clearing that up, buddy.

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