David Axelrod warns Biden presser 'reinforces the meme' that the president is too old: 'Can't unring the bell'

Axelrod noted, 'the most damaging things that can happen in politics [is] there are things that reinforce a meme that’s out there that is hurting you'

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Former Obama advisor and CNN senior political analyst David Axelrod recently claimed that President Biden’s "angry" press conference in response to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on him "reinforces the meme" that the president is too old.

Axelrod told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that the president’s defiant response Thursday night to Hur’s findings that he has "poor memory" and thus should not be charged for illegally holding classified documents, probably did not solve the "problem" of the majority of voters thinking he’s too old and too incompetent for the job.

The analyst, who has been critical of Biden’s age and fitness for office for months now, made his comments shortly after Biden finished the press conference where he dinged Hur for characterizing him as elderly and forgetful and sparred with reporters asking him about the special counsel’s points. Read more  and see video here.