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Hacks On Tap

Mooch Ado About Something

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

Politics, Government, News, News Commentary

4.78K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Axe has returned from his secret mission and is reunited with Murphy as they hash through Trump’s latest poll numbers and his frustration with Fox News. The first Biden TV ad has dropped in Iowa, but does he have what it takes to go the distance? And Anthony Scaramucci joins the Hacks—he’s back in the President’s crosshairs after voicing his opposition to him, and fills us in on his plan to “beat the bully.” He even makes a bit of news on his next steps. Finally the hacks field questions from the mailbag on Iowa’s status as “first in the nation,” and the search for some new and novel ways to campaign against Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, pull up a chair. It's tax on tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.

0:16.0

Foxes change and my worst poles have always been from Foxes. Something going on at Fox.

0:27.0

I'll tell you right now and I'm not happy with it.

0:36.0

David, first of all, welcome back. Returns from your secret mission here on

0:41.0

Haxon Tap. So the Fox bromance is on the rocks with the president. What's your take?

0:46.0

Well, first of all, let me thank Paul Begalla for sitting here in my place last week.

0:52.0

I'm glad you invited me back. He was fantastic. So it was good of him to give the chair back.

0:58.0

I felt like, you know, the story about Wally Pip and Lou Gehrig. The guy who took the day off and Lou Gehrig played for the next 14 years took over that day.

1:06.0

I thought, big Alan might be here this week as well, but thank you, Paul. Yeah, Fox. I've had a lot of chance.

1:12.0

I've had a lot of time to watch TV and this was kind of astonishing because as you know, Foxes has been in many ways state TV.

1:21.0

Fox News, particularly evening in Fox News for Trump and early morning. That's where he gets his briefings.

1:29.0

That's where he gets his sustenance. That's where he gets his encouragement.

1:33.0

But he somehow believes that they therefore should be skewing their polls in his favor.

1:39.0

And the fact is their polls, their polls are pretty good. Their polls have been pretty consistently interesting and accurate.

1:48.0

And I looked at the polling that he was upset about and I understood why he was upset because four leading Democrats beating him by margins and 12 for Biden down to six for Harris.

2:01.0

And there are all kinds of weaknesses in there that are evident for him. And he wants to will them away.

2:11.0

Yeah, it's interesting. You know, I'm reminded of the old joke about the wrestling promoter who was depressed and somebody asked him why how were the matches last night and he said they were awful.

2:20.0

A real fight broke out.

2:21.0

Yeah, ruined everything.

2:22.0

Yeah, right.

2:23.0

So we have we had the reality of these numbers, which is what we're seeing in most polls at this moment in time anyway.

2:30.0

Shatter that happy bubble of Fox. I think the president is somebody who sees the world not only through a prism of self, but a prism of my team and their team.

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