David Axelrod Throws Shade At Hillary Clinton For 'Stupid Stuff' Comment [View all]

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David Axelrod may no longer work in the White House, but he's still willing to go to the mat for his old boss.

The former senior White House adviser and close confidant to President Obama proved as much on Tuesday with a jab at Hillary Clinton's foreign policy record.

"Just to clarify: 'Don't do stupid stuff' means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision," Axelrod tweeted.

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Obama's opposition to the Iraq War as an Illinois state senator appealed to many Democratic voters and allowed him to distinguish himself from Clinton, who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq.

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Just to clarify: "Don't do stupid stuff" means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision.
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throw shade
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to talk trash about a friend or aquaintance, to publicly denounce or disrespect. When throwing shade it's immediately obvious to on-lookers that the thrower, and not the throwee, is the bitcy, uncool one