'I hate to spoil the narrative but...': Ron Klain spins (BADLY) the latest awful polling on President Joe Biden

Greg P. | 6:45 PM on May 22, 2022

As we told you earlier, new polling out on President Joe Biden is just plain AWFUL.

From Axios:

• 69% say economy is “bad”
• 65% say Biden is “slow to react” when issues arise”
• 63% describe state of the country as “uneasy” and “worrying”

Tough Biden poll from CBS News:

• 69% say economy is "bad"
• 65% say Biden is "slow to react" when issues arise"
• 63% describe state of the country as "uneasy" and "worrying" https://t.co/V4abLwfMHp

— Axios (@axios) May 22, 2022

But to White House chief of staff Ron Klain, we’re the ones missing something:

“I hate to spoil the narrative but this poll shows @potus approval rating moving up, and solid public confidence on the two biggest problems he inherited: COVID and jobs.”

I hate to spoil the narrative but this poll shows @potus approval rating moving up, and solid public confidence on the two biggest problems he inherited: COVID and jobs. https://t.co/OPrkWPZxYO

— Jeff Zients (@WHCOS) May 22, 2022

Yeah, but does it really? Those gains are withing the poll’s margin of error:

"This poll shows POTUS approval rating moving up"

Within the margin of error pic.twitter.com/OtA0ujqFuo

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) May 22, 2022

“Nobody believes what you are selling here,” Ron. “Narrative or not”:

Nobody believes what you are selling here. Narrative or not.

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 22, 2022

At what point does the president realize he’s not being served well by the senior people around him? Not today, apparently:

If you’ve wondered why Biden has never attempted a course correction, his COS is arguing a poll showing

📊 69% think the economy is bad
📊 70% disapprove of his inflation handling
📊 81% think Biden doesn’t “care a lot”
📊 62% describe Biden as “ineffective”

Is actually good. https://t.co/POfLzG1DvU

— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) May 22, 2022