meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Hacks On Tap

Trump purging pollsters, Dems ducking digital

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

Politics, News Commentary, Government, News

4.78K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week the hacks talk about President Trump's interview on ABC [1:11], Trump's latest polling prospects [6:20], who was helped and who was hurt by the Democratic debate lottery [14:40], and guest hack David Plouffe joins the show to talk about why Democrats aren't paying more attention to digital advertising while Trump goes all in [18:58]. Finally the hacks open up the mailbag to take a few questions from listeners about bullying, Never-Trumpers, and the importance of the early primary states [33:49]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

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

0:17.0

Murphy, good to talk to you, brother. I had a plan and that plan was to jump right into

0:29.9

this democratic debate lottery and start this week by talking about that and we'll get to

0:35.8

that. But then I sat down and I watched this show last night, the president's George

0:41.5

Stephanopolis's 30 hours with Donald Trump and it was kind of an amazing show. How's George

0:49.9

doing if we were covered yet? I actually heard that he's on vacation now and probably much needed.

0:57.6

But you know, I read George famously meditates, he must have gone over time after this one. But

1:07.0

the, you know, the moments were like everything with Trump kind of shocking but not shocking in

1:16.6

that, you know, he always says something that kind of makes your head snap back. There were

1:23.3

a couple of moments that got reported that were obviously concerning. One was him saying that he

1:31.3

might yet accept Oppo research from Putin and the Russians if the occasion arises which caused

1:42.3

everybody to raise their eyebrows. And then there were these. He said it with any foreign countries

1:47.9

so the gains can make their big. Norway. He said Norway may offer those Norwegians are really

1:54.4

diabolical that way. I'm married to one sneaky very sneaky. But then there was this weird thing

2:01.6

where he was in the middle of bragging about his personal finances and then he stopped in the

2:06.6

middle of the interview and here's that sound. At some point I hope they get it because it's a

2:11.7

financial, it's a fantastic financial statement. It's a fantastic financial statement. And let's do

2:19.3

that over. He's coughing in the middle of my answer. Yeah. Okay. I don't like that. You know,

2:23.6

your chief of staff. If you get a cough, please leave me a room. I'll come over here. Just get

2:30.3

just a chance to shout. Sorry. So just let the record show that was the president of the United States

2:37.3

on national TV, reaming out his chief of staff for coughing while he was bragging about his

2:43.9

personal finances and halting the interview and asking for a retake so he could make the point

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Axelrod & Mike Murphy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of David Axelrod & Mike Murphy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.