Bad For Business (with Stephanie Cutter)

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Democratic strategist and communications guru Stephanie Cutter joins Axe and Murphy to discuss the Biden administration’s response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the importance of message discipline for both parties as we approach the midterms, the latest polling numbers, and Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair.
0:10.4	It's axon tap with David Axelroth, Robert Gibbs, and Mike Murphy.
0:14.8	Why do I care about people going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia?
0:25.2	I'm serious.
0:26.2	Why don't I tell you why?
0:27.2	And why shouldn't I root for Russia?
0:28.2	At this point, NATO exists primarily to torment Vladimir Putin, who, whatever his many
0:33.0	faults, has no intention of invading Western Europe.
0:36.9	Vladimir Putin does not want Belgium.
0:39.2	He just wants to keep his Western border secure.
0:41.2	Wait a second.
0:42.2	Why is it disloyal to side with Russia, but loyal to side with Ukraine?
0:47.4	There you go, Mike Murphy.
0:49.2	Yeah.
0:50.2	Is Vladimir Ilyich Lenin said nothing better than a useful idiot?
0:54.6	Yeah, I don't know.
0:55.8	We'll see if he's actually a useful idiot or complicit.
1:02.5	It seems to me like he's, that's Tucker Carlson.
1:04.5	Of course, he's campaigning for the, I don't think they call it the order of Lenin anymore,
1:09.3	do they?
1:10.3	No, they've got some new ones.
1:11.3	I'm sure they're working on the order of Putin.
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