‘Thank God Pam Bondi Is Gone!’ CNN Data Guru Reveals Why Trump Said ‘Bye, Bye’

CNN’s Harry Enten outlined the political motivations President Donald Trump might have had for showing Pam Bondi the door during a Friday morning segment.

“Attorney General Pam Bondi on her way involuntarily to the private sector. So what do the numbers tell us about what went wrong for her?” wondered anchor John Berman before introducing Enten and asking him, “How popular was Pam Bondi, you know, before yesterday, before she got fired?”

“Yeah, the American people are saying, ‘Thank God, Pam Bondi is gone!’ She wore on them like an in-law who stayed too late past Christmas vacation. I mean, just take a look here. Net popularity of Pam Bondi. In January 2025, you know what? She was actually on the positive side of the ledger. Look at this, at plus one points. But look at this, down she goes! The more people got to knew Pam Bondi, the less they liked her. Her net popularity rating by the end, negative 19 points, a 20-point shift in the wrong direction. Of course, one of the key reasons being why was the Epstein case, which of course she was helping in charge of that particular and the Trump administration and the American people simply put, did not like Pam Bondi,” answered Enten.

“How does this compare to other people who’ve had the job?” followed up Berman.

“Yeah, okay. So, you know, President Trump sees this, he sees, ‘Oh my God, he’s wearing out my — she’s wearing out my administration.’ And more than that, he might recall that there was actually a fairly popular attorney general at this point in administration. Look at this, net popularities of attorneys general about this time in a presidency. Look, Joe Biden’s Merrick Garland was actually on the plus side of the ledger at plus six points. Look at this, Pam Bondi, far more unpopular here at minus 19 points at this point,” replied Enten. “So we’re talking about Merrick Garland being more than 25 points more popular in the net popularity rating. And that’s the reason why I had to put this former in parentheses right here, because Pam Bondi is ‘Bye, bye Bondi.'”

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