CNN's Axelrod on Dem rep's 'Impeach the motherf---er' comment: 'Is this helpful?'

CNN host and former Obama adviser David Axelrod on Friday questioned whether freshman Rep. Rashida TlaibRashida Harbi TlaibTrump: Dem congresswoman 'dishonored' herself with profane call for impeachment Joy Behar defends freshman Dem's impeachment remarks: 'I identify with her' Dems call freshman's impeachment remarks 'inappropriate' MORE's (D-Mich.) comment to "impeach the motherf---er" about President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump says he may call a national emergency to build border wall O’Rourke signals support for ‘concept’ of Green New Deal Supreme Court to take up gerrymandering cases MORE are "helpful."

In a tweet sharing The Hill's story on the comments, Axelrod asked his 1.12 million followers if the language was "helpful." 

"Come on! I get the anger but is this helpful?" Axelrod asked about the comments made at a MoveOn.org event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday night.  

 

Axelrod, who hosts "The Axe Files," then answered his own question in a subsequent tweet, saying, "No it's not."

 

Axelrod's tweet received some pushback by his followers.

 

A video of Tlaib making the controversial comments went viral on Thursday night, hours after she was sworn in to Congress.

“People love you and you win,” Tlaib said on the video in which she does not name the president specifically. “And when your son looks at you and says ‘Momma, look you won. Bullies don’t win.’ And I said, ‘baby, they don’t.’ ”

“Because we’re going to go in there and impeach the motherf---er,” Tlaib said to the crowd that erupted in cheers. 

 

Reactions to the comments varied across Washington on Friday.

Newly minted Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiTrump says he may call a national emergency to build border wall Dems to introduce gun background checks bill on anniversary of Gabby Giffords shooting Trump: Dem congresswoman 'dishonored' herself with profane call for impeachment MORE (D-Calif.) responded to them in a town hall that will air on MSNBC on Friday, stating she's "not in the censorship business."