White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre greatly overstated President Joe Biden’s support among Democrats during Monday’s briefing.
CNN’s Kaitlin Collins asked Jean-Pierre about a New York Times poll showing that a clear majority of Democrats don’t want Biden to run for reelection.
“What was the president’s response to a new poll from the New York Times showing that 64% of Democrats would prefer a different candidate in 2024?” Collins asked.
“And I would also say from that very same poll, there were 92% of Democrats who support this president as well,” responded Jean-Pierre, who cherry-picked from the poll to deflect the bad numbers referenced by Collins.
The poll indicates that 70% of Democrats approve of the job Biden is doing, which is fairly low.
Elsewhere in the poll, 92% of Democrats said they would vote for the president in a hypothetical rematch between Biden and Donald Trump in 2024 – a number Jean-Pierre seemingly referenced without context.
Among all voters in such a matchup, Biden leads Trump 44% to 41%.
Jean-Pierre was also questioned about a statement issued by the White House calling pro-choice activists “out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party.” Biden has come under fire from some liberals over what they perceive as a lackluster response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.
The press secretary stated,
Overall, Biden’s approval rating stands at just 33% according to the Times survey and only 13% said the country is on the right track.
Watch above via C-SPAN.