A former spokesperson for First Lady Jill Biden is furious at the President's team after recent polling shows Biden's popularity slipping amongst voters.
Michael LaRosa, a communications and political strategist who served as press secretary for Jill Biden between January 2021 and August 2022, lashed out at Biden's team on Wednesday following the release of a CNN poll that showed former President Donald Trump with higher favorability ratings, among other barometers.
“New CNN Poll: Trump has higher favorables+Biden has higher unfavorable,” LaRosa wrote on X. “This is inexcusable for man universally known for his character+intregity. It's a result of failing to respond to smears, lies, conspiracies, and disinfo for months allowing a void of info to be filled.”
“Shameful that POTUS's team has allowed this narrative to congeal over the past two years,” LaRosa continued in the second part, which he has since deleted. “The only people who can help change the people around [President Biden] is [Jill Biden]. It's up to her. These are the same people who got him 4th in Iowa, 5th in [New Hampshire], and a distant 2nd to a socialist in [Nevada].”
LaRosa then called for Biden to dump his current team and hire a new crew.
“I've been a squeaky wheel for months arguing this is the wrong approach to GOP attacks on Biden's integrity, reputation, + family,” he wrote. “Poll after poll validates everything I've been saying+writing for months. Changing his team now will look like he actually cares+sees same [numbers] we do.”
LaRosa was referencing a CNN poll published Tuesday showing both Trump and Biden struggling on the favorability front, but Trump is performing better in the category.
According to the poll, 38 percent of respondents view Trump favorably, while 56 percent view him unfavorably. Biden, by comparison, was viewed favorably by 36 percent, while 59 percent see him in a negative light.
The CNN poll is the latest in a series from multiple outlets showing Trump performing better than Biden well before the election. A recent poll from The New York Times/Siena College reported Trump leading Biden in five battleground states that the former president lost during the 2020 election. (RELATED: NYT Admits Trump Now Trouncing Biden In Key Electoral College States)
Axios reported:
If the election were held today, former President Donald Trump would easily beat President Joe Biden with over 300 electoral votes, according to a new swing state poll from The New York Times and Siena College.
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