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Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she does not understand why more Americans are not embracing President Joe Biden and Democrats.
During an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Clinton said Democrats needed to do a better job of making their case to voters ahead of the crucial midterm elections in November.
“I’m not quite sure what the disconnect is between the accomplishments of the administration and this Congress and the understanding of what’s been done and the impact it will have on the American public and some of the polling and the ongoing hand-wringing,” Clinton said.
NBC host Chuck Todd pointed to declining public support for Biden as his administration is engulfed in multiple scandals.
“A lot of speculation is that this trouble for President Biden politically started with the chaotic withdrawal in Afghanistan,” Todd said. “Do you buy that?”
“I don’t think it helped,” Clinton said. “I think that is obviously the case. I think that the performance with respect to Ukraine has been excellent.”
Clinton went on to demand that Democrats must defend Biden.
“There is a lot of good accomplishments to be putting up on the board and the Democrats, in office and out, need to be doing a better job of making the case and frankly standing up to the other side with their craziness,” Clinton said.
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EXCLUSIVE: "I don't think [Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan] helped" his numbers ahead of midterms, @hillaryclinton says on #MTP.
"Democrats, in office and out, need to do a better job of making the case" to voters. pic.twitter.com/BW55m5WScT
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 4, 2022
A new survey produced some shocking results for President Joe Biden: Blacks appear to be abandoning him in droves.
Historically a solid Democratic Party constituency, black support for Biden has tanked more than 30 points since he took office.
Per the Washington Examiner:
The new Marquette University Law School survey found a 32% cratering of black support for Biden, who now enjoys just a 56% approval rating among African Americans, among the worst ever for a modern Democratic president.
By comparison, the same survey less than a year ago found his support among black people at 88%.
The drop was so noticeable that the school mentioned it in their headline on the survey, which put Biden’s overall approval rate from American adults at 46%, among his best of recent surveys.
“Since July 2021, Biden job approval among whites has gone from 50% to 40%. Among Blacks, it has gone from 88% to 56%. Among Hispanics, it’s gone from 56% to 51%.
@pollsandvotes points to the decline among Blacks as particularly striking. #mulawpoll,” the college noted in tweet.
Since July 2021, Biden job approval among whites has gone from 50% to 40%. Among Blacks, it has gone from 88% to 56%. Among Hispanics, it’s gone from 56% to 51%. @pollsandvotes points to the decline among Blacks as particularly striking. #mulawpoll
— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) March 31, 2022
“No rebound in decline in black support,” noted the survey headline.
In the college’s January survey, 57 percent of blacks approved of Biden, while 41 percent didn’t. Now the numbers are worse: 56 percent approve and 43 percent do not.
“The trend in approval by race and ethnicity since July shows a very substantial decline in approval among black adults, with smaller but consistent declines among white and Hispanic respondents,” according to the analysis.
