Joe Biden blames this for historic polling collapse

President Joe Biden shrugged off his historic polling collapse and all-time low approval rating during an interview Monday.

According to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Monday, just 38 percent of Americans approve of the Biden administration’s job this year. 59 percent disapprove of Biden’s handling of the presidency, an all-time low for his first year.

Biden shrugged off the polling collapse while also disputing the numbers. He pointed the finger at economic and health “anxiety” instead of his performance.

“The poll I saw just before I walked in on another station was my polling number is down, but it’s 48% to 52%,” he said.

“But look, the point is I didn’t run because of the polls,” Biden said. He compared his all-time low polling numbers were close to former Democratic Party Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Biden instead said gas prices and COVID-19 were to blame.

“A lot of people are worried. Think about this, look…. what 750,000 people have died because of COVID. The psychological scars that has put on so many people,” Biden said. “Schools have not been open because of COVID.”

“We’re in a situation where there’s a lot… a lot of anxiety. Gas prices are up exceedingly high … that’s why I have the attorney general taking a look at whether or not these gas companies are gouging people,” he continued.

Biden said the economy under his administration was booming, despite most American families “not feeling it.”

“Even though we’ve created almost six million jobs since I came into office, we’re in a situation where people don’t, I mean they don’t feel it right now. They don’t feel it,” he claimed.

He also dismissed critics’ attacks that link the Biden administration to recent supply chain issues.

“One of the problems with supply chain is that because of COVID, we’ve had a real shortage of materials,” Biden said. “I mean everything from foodstuff to semiconductors. And a lot of the supply chain is brought into the country through our ports.”

Biden claimed the recent $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that has passed Congress will help alleviate the supply crunch by upgrading American ports and supply channels, and said the construction will start within “weeks.”

Newsmax reported the following from the polling data —

• Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval rating is even worse at 28%, with 51% disapproving of the job she is doing; 21% are undecided.

• Among those surveyed, 46% say Biden has done a poorer job as president than they expected, including 16% of those who voted for him. Biden has particularly disappointed independents, with 44% saying he has done worse, not better, than they expected.

• A full 64% say they don’t want Biden to run for a second term in 2024, including 28% of Democrats. Opposition to former President Donald Trump running for another term in the next presidential election is nearly as high, at 58%, including 24% of Republicans.

• If the midterms were today, 46% said they would vote for their Republican congressional candidate, while only 38% said they would chose the Democratic one.

• If the presidential election were today between Biden and Trump, 44% say they would vote for Trump, 40% for Biden, and 11% for an unnamed third-party candidate.

• Among those polled, 66% say the United States is on the wrong track, while 20% say that the nation is headed in the right direction.

• The infrastructure bill, which passed on Friday, is backed by 61% of those surveyed, including a third of Republicans, and opposed by 32%.

• The Biden administration’s “Build Back Better” social spending package has the support of  47%, while 44% oppose it.

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