Biden enters the election year with a rating that, according to polls, continues to decline, Fox News reports. Only 39 per cent of Americans now approve of the job he’s doing. But that’s only a small part of his problems, which are building up like a snowball. Some 48 percent of Democrats surveyed believe Biden won’t have the strength for a second term. He has the worst rating for any sitting president at this point in his term.
President Biden enters an election year with a rating that polls show continues to decline. He ends 2023 with only 39 percent of Americans approving of the job he’s doing, according to the latest Gallup Institute poll.
And those are just some of the challenges he faces. We have Chad Pergram live with us from Washington with more details. There’s a whole list here, Chad, isn’t there?
CHAD PERGRAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Indeed. The president and his team say he hasn’t received much applause for the economy, and inflation is down and unemployment remains low. There are doubts about President Biden’s age. He will turn 82 just before inauguration day.
Some 48 per cent of Democrats polled believe Mr Biden does not have the stamina to handle the job. He has the worst rating for any sitting president since Jimmy Carter at this point in his term.
And to top it all off, House Republicans are preparing a request to impeach the president in 2024.
CLODIA TENNEY, Congresswoman: And by the way, whistleblowers have asked that we appoint a special council. Why do we have supporters regardless of who appoints them? Why do we have Merrick Garland and others trying to stall things while whistleblowers try to testify?
It remains to be seen if there are enough votes in the House for impeachment proceedings against the president. Clearly, his son’s legal troubles will be a major theme of the 2024 campaign. But President Biden also faces international crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, not to mention growing problems at the border.
BILL HAGERTY, Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Look at what’s been happening since October, since the 7th of October. The Hamas attack in Israel. Christopher Wray, the head of our FBI, said since then, the number of warnings from a national security perspective has grown like a snowball.
They are faced with the fact that since October alone, we have had over 150 nationalities crossing our border illegally. We don’t know who we have in our country.
The administration is concerned that non-state actors could launch terrorist strikes on U.S. soil in the wake of the war in the Middle East.
LISA MONACO, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL: The current conflict is causing and, I think, exacerbating a heightened threat environment. We’re seeing foreign terrorist organisations taking advantage of the situation and encouraging their adherents to act.
CHAD PERGRAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bipartisan talks on a border solution are on hold until December 27th. Many Democrats are now pushing for border security, given how politically vulnerable they may be on this issue. Clodia?
Indeed. Chad Pergram, thanks very much for the details.