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Not every Democrat is on board with President Joe Biden campaigning again for the presidency, and some do not even want to talk about it.
Democrat Missouri Rep. Cori Bush was in an interview with St. Louis NBC affiliate KSDK this week when she abruptly ended the interview after being asked about Biden in 2024.
“Do you want to see Joe Biden run for a second term,” the interviewer said, drawing a nasty look from Rep. Bush.
One of her aides jumped in and said “She’s got to go.”
“I … you know …” Bush said as she struggled for words.
“It’s an easy question,” interviewer Mark Maxwell said. “You know, it’s not going to take long. Do you want to see Joe Biden run …”
“I don’t want to answer that question because we have not — that’s not — yeah, I don’t want to answer that question,” she said as she shook her head.
“Okay,” Maxwell said.
“I mean, he’s the president, he has the right to run for a second term, absolutely,” she said. “But I don’t — I don’t wanna — I’d rather you not do that, answer the question.”
Her aide again reminded her that she only had two minutes left for the interview.
“I gotta get to the other thing,” she said, which ended the interview.
Does Congresswoman Cori Bush want to see Joe Biden run for a second term?
An aide interjects.
“I don’t want to answer that question,” she says, adding, “He’s the President. He has the right to run for a second term.”
She had another event scheduled 20 mins later across town. pic.twitter.com/4FEpGP1jVK
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) July 25, 2022
Her primary challenger, Missouri State Senator Steve Roberts, said he does support the president.
“I support the president. Full stop,” he said. “I’m curious to know who Rep. Bush intends on supporting.”
Response from Steve Roberts: "I support the president. Full stop. I'm curious to know who Rep. Bush intends on supporting."https://t.co/0JnsZXRWK3
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) July 25, 2022
Biden’s poll numbers have plummeted so low that some Democrats are starting to hit the panic button.
“It’s bad,” an anonymous Democratic strategist said, according to The Hill. “You have an energy crisis that’s paralyzing and inflation is at a 40-year high and we’re heading into a recession. The problem is simple. The American people have lost confidence in him.”
“Everyone needs to come to terms with the reality that we’re going to get slaughtered in November,” the strategist reportedly continued. “That’s a fact. His polling has gotten worse, not better. It’s indicative of the fact that people have lost confidence in his leadership. There’s nothing they’re going to be able to do.”
Bill Galston, Chair of the Brookings Institutions governance study program and former domestic policy adviser to former President Bill Clinton, said, “unless and until inflation comes down appreciably, that there’s going to be a ceiling on his job approval that’s a lot lower than the White House wants it to be.”
Gallup senior editor Jeff Jones said, “high gas prices are one of the biggest anchors on presidential approval.”
voters are about to cancel the Democrats https://t.co/cN7ymEEzkZ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 4, 2022
Another new survey has delivered more bad news for Biden and Democrats.
The NBC News survey, released on Sunday at the tail end of a gaffe-filled European trip that involved Biden visiting NATO to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion last month, found that the president’s approval had slipped to 40 percent, its lowest for that particular outlet since his inauguration.
In addition, the poll found an astounding 70 percent of Americans had little-to-no faith in Biden’s ability to deal with that conflict.
The Daily Mail continued:
Just 40 percent of respondents to NBC’s new poll say they approve of the president’s White House tenure, the lowest recorded by the outlet’s surveys so far. It fell three points from January.
What could be concerning for Biden’s re-election chances is a decline in approval among female voters, black voters, and Independents — demographics that were all key to his 2020 victory.
In addition, the survey asked respondents about “how much confidence” they had in Biden’s ability to deal with the Russian invasion. The lion’s share, or 44 percent, said they had “very little” faith in Biden, while only 27 percent said that had “just some” confidence, for a combination of 71 percent.
Only 28 percent of Americans polled said they share ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a bit’ of support for Biden’s handling of Ukraine.
