MSNBC host Rachel Maddow suggested after President Joe Biden's Thursday night press conference that the president may be receiving polling data that's “upbeat” than the political reality.
Biden held a 59-minute press conference on Thursday night during which he made a number of gaffes, including using the term “Vice President Trump” when asked whether Vice President Kamala Harris could beat former President Donald Trump. Maddow noted that Biden's claims about a political comeback were “not actually factual.” (RELATED: 'Time is ticking': Historian says Biden withdrawal is becoming 'less likely')
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“There are other arguments based on data that other people may be more promising,” Maddow told MSNBC host Chris Hayes. “I'm glad Nicole is [Wallace] “I'm pointing out the reality of the polling numbers of a sitting president and their actual history, but President Biden's statements are not based in fact, as far as I can tell. And that's concerning, because it makes me worry that the president is being fed information about his political positions that is not based in reality and that may be brighter than it actually is.”
In a July 5 interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos, Biden reiterated his claim that he had made gains in the post-debate polls. The president lost points in the New York Times/Siena College head-to-head polls. voteHe had been trailing Trump by four percentage points, but that has since fallen to a six-point lead among likely voters. Pre-debate poll At the same outlet.
In head-to-head races nationwide, Trump leads Biden by 2.7 percentage points. according to The RealClearPolling polling average has the former president leading. Expanding If the survey includes independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, her support rate is 4.2%.
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