White House downplays new polls showing Trump leading Biden
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The White House sought to downplay recent polls showing President Joe Biden now trailing former President Donald Trump in a 2024 electoral rematch.
A number of outlets, including the New York Times and CBS, showed Biden trailing Trump both nationally and in a majority of swing states, and White House press secretary was pressed on the data during Tuesday’s White House press briefing.
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Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that White House staff and the president were aware of the polls but stressed that they must be taken “with a grain of salt” and that it isn’t her “job” to “analyze” media coverage of polls.
“We should really be very mindful here, and one of the reasons why is just a year ago, right back in 2022, there was the red wave that never materialized, right? And then back in October of ’22, there were multiple stories about how there was going to be a red wave, Democrats were going to be wiped out,” she stated. “We’re not talking about what we were seeing back in October of 2020, to look — and I’ll take it even further — in 2011. This time, in 2011, we saw Sen. Romney himself, Sen. Romney beating President Obama, and that’s where those folks were.”
Jean-Pierre added: “Our focus, obviously, is going to be doing what the president was elected to do, which is focusing on delivering for the American people, and there’s going to be a lot of polls out there. It’s a whole cottage industry out there, when it comes to polling, so I’m just not going to get into it. Obviously, we see the reporting just like you all.”
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