MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday questioned whether President Biden’s campaign was feeding the president inaccurate polling information to convince him that he had the Democrats’ best chance of beating former President Trump.
During a panel on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” the network’s commentators Hayes, Maddow, Joy Reid and Nicolle Wallace discussed Biden’s comments at the NATO summit press conference, with each commentator offering their opinion on Biden’s continued confidence that he can beat Trump.
“I’m concerned that people are being given information about the president’s political positions that is not factually based,” Maddow said.
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow questioned whether President Biden is seeing polling data that is “brighter” than reality, which is why he’s not giving up on reelection. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
In response to the president’s announcement that he would continue the campaign, Wallace sharply countered by saying that every sitting president who had an approval rating equal to or lower than the incumbent president has lost.
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“Two things you can say about politics: No incumbent president has ever won with lower approval ratings. Only three people have had lower approval ratings than a sitting president, and they all lost: Donald Trump, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter,” she said.
“At this point, [Biden] victory.”
Hayes questioned Biden’s comments Thursday night, when he told reporters he needed to be re-elected to “get the job done.” The MSNBC host said the comment reminded him of “a star World Series starting pitcher who throws 120 pitches with four outs left in a close game.”
“And then when the manager comes out to the mound, they never want to go,” Hayes said.
President Joe Biden made the remarks during a press conference at the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Maddow said it’s “arguable” that Biden is making the case that he’s the person who should be re-elected, but “there are other arguments based on data, and other people may be more likely.”
She then expanded on Wallace’s comments, speculating that Biden may not have been shown polling data that shows he is in danger of losing. She said the presidential campaign may be giving Biden information that is “brighter than it actually is.”
“But his acknowledgment that he’s not the only one who can beat Trump sends an important message from the real world,” Maddow concluded.
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