President Joe Biden’s former political rival Andrew Yang delivered a scathing review of the current polls — particularly in swing states — and told South Carolina primary voters that if the election were held today, Biden would likely lose to former President Donald Trump.
Yang, who has endorsed Biden’s 2024 challenger Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), told Fox News Digital that he had been approached by a number of voters who all had the same question: “Do you really think Joe could lose to Trump?”
The Forward Party founder did not mince words when he replied, saying, “Not only could he lose to Trump, but if the election were held today, he would lose to Trump, and the poll numbers are generally getting worse, not better.”
Yang also directed some criticism toward the Democratic National Committee, which he said was ignoring polling data and simply propping up the incumbent President Biden.
“The most extreme thing the DNC has done to stifle democracy is canceling the primaries in Florida and North Carolina and attempting to do so in another state or two. I mean, it’s ridiculous to talk about championing democracy on one hand and then literally canceling primaries on the other,” Yang protested. “So if Democrats want to practice democracy, that would involve having debates. That would involve having genuine competitive primaries. That would involve giving the people a choice.”
Yang continued in that same vein with a two-part post on X, showing poll after poll that showed just what a challenge the 2024 election would be for a president whose popularity has been consistently waning.
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“I’m sure the Democrats have a secret plan to re-elect the unpopular 81 year old incumbent with a 38% approval rating … or they are simply ignoring the 70+ polls that have Biden losing to Trump,” Yang posted, sharing a number of swing state polls that showed Trump leading Biden by three, four, even ten points.
— Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) January 31, 2024