Axelrod mocks Biden’s ‘Best Friends Day’ tweet to Obama: ‘This is a joke, right?’
CNN’s David Axelrod mocked a tweet from former Vice President Joe Biden to former President Obama celebrating “Best Friends Day,” with the former Obama-Biden campaign chief strategist asking if it was joke.
“This is a joke, right?” Axelrod, who hosts “The Axe Files” on CNN, asked in a tweet on Sunday to his 1.1 million followers after Biden, a 2020 presidential candidate, wished Obama “happy #BestFriendsDay” on Saturday. Biden’s post included a photo of the bracelets he shared to celebrate his Obama’s 55th birthday in Aug. 2016.
Happy #BestFriendsDay to my friend, @BarackObama. pic.twitter.com/JTd1t7NtyL
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 9, 2019
This is a joke, right?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 9, 2019
Other pundits also jumped in to rib Biden on the friendship tweet.
Dude, you’re 76. https://t.co/1gFpMACiWk
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) June 9, 2019
Keep pandering, Joe
— Joy Villa (@Joy_Villa) June 9, 2019
Biden: Obama’s my best friend.
Obama: Biden’s my coworker.
— Jesse Fernandez (@JesseFernandez) June 9, 2019
This can’t be real https://t.co/p5QvVOA1If
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) <ahref=”https: twitter.com=”” jbarro=”” status=”” 1137554019629621254?ref_src=”twsrc%5Etfw””>June 9, 2019
This is a parody account, right? https://t.co/fj8NDZ9xRL
— Teri Christoph (@TeriChristoph) June 9, 2019
He’s such a good friend that he wont endorse you for President…
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) June 9, 2019
{mosads}Obama has pledged not to give any candidate, including his former vice president, his endorsement during the 2020 Democratic primary.
Biden is currently the front-runner among the 24 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination, but has seen his lead shrink recently.
A Saturday Des Moines Register–CNN poll, for example, has Biden at 24 percent support, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at 16 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at 15 percent and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) at 14 percent.
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