President Joe Biden snapped at ABC’s Ben Gittleson on the White House lawn yesterday after getting asked about the recent New York Times/Sienna poll that found “64 percent of Democratic voters saying they would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign.”
“Read the polls, Jack,” our elderly president told Ben. “That poll showed that 92% of Democrats, if I ran, would vote for me”:
Asked about the NYT polling showing 64% of Dems prefer a different candidate in 2024, Biden tells @bgittleson his party wants him to run. "Read the polls. Read the polls, Jack. You guys are all the same. That poll showed that 92% of Democrats, if I ran, would vote for me.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 12, 2022
Watch for yourself:
President Biden tells me that despite most Democrats saying they want another candidate in 2024, most would still vote for him if he ran pic.twitter.com/hcFnI8C7gh
— Ben Gittleson (@bgittleson) July 12, 2022
And here’s CNN’s Kaitlan Collins with the fact check:
“But that’s not what the polling showed. It showed what Ben said, but the 92% number (which @KJP46 also cited incorrectly) comes from Dems who would pick Biden over Trump in a rematch.”
But that's not what the polling showed. It showed what Ben said, but the 92% number (which @KJP46 also cited incorrectly) comes from Dems who would pick Biden over Trump in a rematch. https://t.co/KWCpuLPwf6
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 12, 2022
Exactly. We don’t even know if former President Donald Trump will run again and Biden is spinning the 92% number as support today while it’s just what the poll found in a hypothetical match-up two years from now. From the New York Times:
The poll showed that Democratic misgivings about Mr. Biden seemed to mostly melt away when presented with a choice between him and Mr. Trump: 92 percent of Democrats said they would stick with Mr. Biden.
Sorry, Joe. *You* have a problem:
NEW: Joe Biden’s approval rating is at 33% and he is facing alarming doubt about his future from Democrats.
Age was top concern as 64% of Dems say they prefer a different nominee in ‘24, including 94% of those under 30.
First NYT/Siena poll of 2022 —> https://t.co/vdLdTeW14C
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 11, 2022
And with today’s inflation number of 9.1%, this is not getting any better for Dems and the White House:
More than 75 percent of voters in the poll said the economy was “extremely important” to them. And yet only 1 percent rated economic conditions as excellent. https://t.co/vdLdTeW14C
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 11, 2022
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