Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod raised questions Monday about former President Trump’s current strategy of keeping quiet amid rising concerns over President Biden’s health and candidacy.
“Trump’s not talking much about Biden’s bad debate. Trump’s campaign is not blitzing ads about it. And Lara Trump said last week it would be an affront to democracy if Biden were not the nominee,” Axelrod wrote in a social media post. “Question: Why do you think they are uncharacteristically holding fire?”
Axelrod, a longtime adviser to former President Obama, has been an outspoken critic of the Biden campaign in recent weeks as the president struggles to recover from a poor debate performance.
A rising number of Democrats have called on Biden to leave the race and make way for a different candidate in recent days.
Former Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), a former chair of the House GOP campaign arm, said last week that Trump’s strategy is simply to let Biden hurt himself with the negative attention.
“When your opponent is …