Earlier this year, CNN’s Chris Cillizza gave any remaining Biden faithful some hope that there was the possibility of a comeback for this presidency:
It’s been a rough month – and, really, year – for President Joe Biden.
Beset by the Omicron variant, high inflation and the uncertainty in Ukraine, Biden’s poll numbers have lagged badly, with his approval ratings stuck in the low 40s.
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll suggests that all might be changing. Biden’s overall job approval rating among Americans is at 47% in the survey, up 8 points from where he was in the same poll last month.
Since then Biden’s approval has done nothing but sink lower by the day, which now makes for quite the shot and chaser:
How it's going vs how he wished it was going. pic.twitter.com/IRPW5X4KZx
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) July 8, 2022
The “Biden comeback” has failed to come to fruition, but it’s not Biden’s fault — things just keep happening to him:
Joe Biden can’t catch a breakhttps://t.co/6YxLllg7AE
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) July 7, 2022
It’s like a media therapy session playing out in real-time but the denial just refuses to go away.
Another story that frames all the bad things happening to Biden and not because of Biden. And of course guess who. pic.twitter.com/imEU5BqGIw
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 8, 2022
I'm not even mad anymore at this point. I'm just watching it in awe
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) July 8, 2022
This is amazing, even for the hack media.
This guy is the most side-choosing journalist of all the journalists who don’t choose sides. https://t.co/mDQ8WnkX2h
— i Am Woot (@MysticWombat) July 8, 2022
“I’ll take ‘Headline You Wouldn’t See If GOP Were In The White House’ for $600” pic.twitter.com/Sd0zRKQAUs
— NO LIBERAL WORLD ORDER MikeK (@MikeK589) July 8, 2022
Were there ever any “Trump Can’t Catch a Break” hot takes from CNN journos during the previous presidency?
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Joe Biden has been in DC for nearly 50 years.
Joe Biden IS the problem.
He doesn't deserve any breaks. https://t.co/VWJRGcOKjC
— Bob Weave (@lowkeyrbe) July 8, 2022
No, Americans can't catch a break.
It's because of Joe Biden. https://t.co/QmXPjmEKlO
— Unvaxxedistan (@unvaxxedistan) July 8, 2022
But according to Biden’s press secretary we’re in the midst of the greatest economy in history.
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