David Axelrod swats Bill Maher's suggestion Biden could be swapped from Dem ticket: 'Fantasy'

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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod was quick to reject what he calls a "fantasy" of removing President Biden from the Democratic ticket ahead of the election.

Axelrod, an outspoken critic of Biden's reelection campaign, appeared on Friday's installment of "Real Time" where host Bill Maher reiterated his concern about the president's electability, pointing to a recent Politico report outlining the sheer panic of top Democrats behind the scenes.

Maher cited one of Axelrod's own past comments suggesting he thought there was plenty of "talent" within the Democratic Party who could "emerge" as the new standard-bearer.

"The debate is June 27, and we've never had one before the convention," Maher said. "If Joe really s---s the bed, would that be a good opportunity to make the switch then?"

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"Listen, that is a fantasy that I hear a lot," Axelrod responded. "I like Joe Biden and I worked with him and I was grateful to work with him and I think he's done a lot of very, very fine things as president for which history will be kind him. That's not the question. The question is whether at this age you should have run, but he did run. And right now he is the nominee of the Democratic Party."

"This is not 1968 where the convention is gonna decide. We changed the rules.