I think it’s safe to say that Joe Biden had a bad week.
Joe Biden fell below 30 percent approval in Civiqs’ first poll. His Democratic numbers also dropped. Democrats made a mess of him and threw him under the bus. Even the NY Times acknowledged there were issues, pointing out concerns by White House staffers about everything from his shuffling gait and his cognitive abilities.
The CPI rose to 9.1% and the PPI showed that inflation would continue at 11.3 percent, which is the lowest rate since 1981. Ron Klain, White House Chief Of Staff had forecast in 2021 that inflation will be at 2.1 by 2022. That didn’t age well, and showed how clueless the Biden team is. They just wanted to spend more.
A reporter asked Biden about a poll showing two-thirds of Democrats don’t want him to run again, and Biden flipped out on the reporter, arguing that wasn’t true. CNN caught Biden lying on the matter.
Former Obama physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) also revealed how Barack Obama yelled at him in an email during the 2020 campaign, after Jackson tweeted concerns about Biden’s cognitive abilities.
Then there was the 4Chan dump that highlighted all the concerning questions about Joe Biden’s son, particularly the connections to Russia and China with Hunter’s newly discovered comment about those connections causing concern. Add to that Jill Biden doing a horrible pandering job and insulting Hispanics across the country with her “bogidas” and “tacos” remark in San Antonio.
Next, there was the gaffes abroad: insulting our allies as well as fist bumping with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Biden returned with no promises after going to oil beg. He even received some truth bombs by MBS about energy and inflation, which looked like an accusation of Biden’s bad policies.
Joe Manchin killed any legislative plan he left, much to the utter despair of Democrats.
Maggie Haberman, senior journalist for the NY Times political section, had to confess it.
Also inflation hitting record highs (possibly a lagging indicator but one that’s hard to brush off)
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 16, 2022
“In a one-week period, Biden’s historic approval rating lows were affirmed, he traveled to meet with/fist-bump a Saudi prince with whom he said he would treat as a pariah and saw his legislative agenda further erode,” Haberman observed. “Also inflation hitting record highs (possibly a lagging indicator but one that’s hard to brush off).”
But that didn’t sit well with Klain–as I mentioned, he’s the guy who said we would be at a 2.1 percent inflation number now.
This week also:
– Marked signing of 1st new gun safety law in 30 years
– Gas prices below $3.99 at 20,000 stations
– New agreements on Israeli security
– Advanced bill to lower Rx drug prices and keep ACA premiums low https://t.co/VL8nRfXSEX— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) July 16, 2022
But even the things that Klain desperately cited to save Biden’s week were largely due to other things, not Biden, like the bipartisan gun bill that Congress put through. Klain demands that Biden is given credit for the decrease in gas prices even though he blames other people. It’s funny how this works. Plus, the drop is only for a very small number of stations. It is laughable to say that ACA premiums are low. And he can’t say anything at all about Israel, when the Biden team is still bending over for Iran to get the despicable Iran Deal back. Israel’s security? What about our own nation’s security, which is hemorrhaging at the border?
Klain is clueless about what the American people think–that’s one of the reasons the Biden Administration is such a mess. However, the American people already know this, and they will speak loudly in November with their votes.
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