‘We Saw MAGA Fail!’ Biden Campaign Does Victory Dance on CNN After Dem Wins Over Trump-Influenced Republicans

Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks took a victory lap on CNN after Democrats had a good night, positing the results as a rejection of ex-President Donald Trump’s “MAGA extremism” and a good sign for President Joe Biden.

A blockbuster battleground poll that came out over the weekend showed ex-President Donald Trump leading Biden in 5 of 6 battleground states, prompting shock coverage and a raft of prominent Democrats and others to float the idea of the president dropping out.

But Tuesday night, Democrats won a slew of unexpected victories in off-year elections, such as Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s victory and the success of ballot initiatives protecting abortion rights.

On Wednesday morning’s edition of CNN This Morning, co-anchor Phil Mattingly asked Fulks about the “disconnect,” and Fulks said he doesn’t think there is one:

PHIL MATTINGLY: I want to start with the disconnect of not just last night. There have been since the Dobbs decision, a string of Democratic victories in special elections, on ballot initiatives in governor’s races, the midterms overperformance for Democrats. And yet you look at the polling for the president. What do you identify as the disconnect?

QUENTIN FULKS: Look, I don’t think that there is a disconnect. And I appreciate you having me on this morning. I’m very excited to be on talking about this. Look, what we saw last night is MAGA extremism fail! We saw MAGA agenda fall flat on its face! We saw voters stand up for a woman’s right to choose all across the country. And we saw an enthusiastic electorate turned out.

The same electorate that sent President Biden and Vice President Harris to the White House four years ago. And we’ve seen them continuously turn out on the same issues. Freedom. While Republicans are campaigning on giving tax breaks for the wealthy. Right. American voters are paying attention to this and no amount of polling or political punditry is going to change what’s going on here. And so we do not feel like there is a disconnect at all. In fact, we feel like this is exactly what our campaign has been saying in the midst of this. And so I’m extremely excited for the results tonight and want to applaud all the campaigns across the country who worked their tails off to get this done.

PHIL MATTINGLY: You know, Quentin, you make a great point. The campaign has always made clear the contrast between the president and whether it’s Donald Trump or just Republicans in general right now is critical to 2024.

Watch above via CNN This Morning.