Democratic strategist David Axelrod tore into former President Donald Trump on CNN for his refusal to commit to raising the minimum wage — and cracked a joke about Trump's recent McDonald's photo-op that even made his pro-Trump counterpart on the panel, David Urban, chuckle.
Trump's McDonald's stunt was part of his ongoing obsession with an unsupported theory that Vice President Kamala Harris fabricated her work at a McDonald's between college semesters — and yet, Axelrod noted, he hasn't actually proposed any economic policies for the wellbeing of people who actually work there for a living.
"Trump won't commit there to increasing minimum wage, Harris will," said anchor Sara Sidner. "David Axelrod, how much might this issue matter to voters and others? Probably, I think it's around 1.3 million people who make at or below minimum wage according to the Bureau of [Labor] Statistics; how much does this matter?"
"Of course, you raise minimum wage and other wages rise as well," noted Axelrod. "Listen, this is a matter of concern to and support for people across the country. There is broad support for raising the minimum wage. But it goes to the larger battle here about the economy."
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"Donald Trump would like to run on the issue of the economy, and he has some advantages on the issue of the economy," Axelrod continued.
"But what Kamala Harris is trying to do strategically is ask the question, who's going to fight for you in the economy? And it's very much much geared at working-class people and people who are aspiring to become middle class. And so the minimum wage becomes a very, very important issue. And it was interesting that Trump didn't answer. He really more appropriately belongs at Burger King, because of the Whoppers, man."
Urban cracked up at this remark. "He's been saving that, it's a good one!"
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