Karine Jean-Pierre On Dismal Poll Numbers: “We Are Not Going To Change The Minds Of Americans”
KJP On Poll Numbers: “The American People Do Approve Of Some Of The President’s Initiatives”

Reporter: Thank you, as always.
KJP: (Laughs.)
Reporter: I want to ask you about —
KJP: I might regret it, but go ahead. (Laughter.)
Reporter: I assure you, you will not. (Laughter.) I want to ask you about polling. In February, the President conducted an interview with, I believe, it was Telemundo. And he was asked about the dismal state of his job approval ratings. And he answered in words to this effect: “Do you know anyone that believes the polling these days?” And he talked in some detail about the difficulty of getting people on the phone and compiling accurate polling.

Whenever you’re asked about the President’s dismal job approval ratings, you say, “We’re not going to look at polls; we look at his accomplishments.” And yet, when you are asked about various domestic policy initiatives, you will say, “These poll very well. People support what the President wants to do. If you look at the individual subjects on the polling, they support what the President’s agenda is.” So, once and for all, are only certain polls valid in your eyes — the ones that support your agenda? Or sh- — is the polling data that shows that President Biden has been stuck for two years at the low 40s in his approval ratings, are those valid?

KJP: So, here’s the thing: I think it’s important to share that American people do approve of some of the Pres- — President’s initiatives … fight for it, which is what the President —

Reporter: So, those polls are valid?

KJP: No, it’s not — it’s not that. It’s not that. We are given — anytime I’m asked this question, given an opportunity to speak on what the Pres- — what the American people want to hear and what we’re doing, right? And so, there are moments, just like when you ask me about certain polls, that I can say, “Hey, you know what? That is something that the American people support.”

Reporter: So, the polls that show that the electorate at large and also significant majorities within the Democratic Party believe that the President is too old, the polls that show the American people and also significant majorities within the Democratic Party don’t want him to run again, and the polls that show his handling of the economy, foreign policy — all of these dismal polls — his job approval ratings: Does the White House have any basis to challenge the accuracy of that polling?

KJP: I never — we never challenged. I’m not challenging the accuracy here. That’s not what I’m doing. What I’m saying to you is that, you know, we’re not going to change the minds of Americans. I get that. Americans are going to feel how they feel, and we’re going to respect that. And I’ve said that many times from here — many times. I said that moments ago. What I can tell you is what our perspective is. What I can tell you is how we see thing … And we know that it’s going to take some time — right? — for Americans to feel what we have been able to do in this administration … I could look back in history, right? I can look back and see where Obama was a year — President Obama was a year out of — of his election, where President Clinton was a year out ahead of his election, and it didn’t look like they were going to — they were going to win. Right? It didn’t look like that. And so, it is not unusual. You’re talking about dismal polling; it is not unusual for a president to be where they are

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KJP On Dismal Poll: “We Are Not Going To Change The Minds Of Americans”, Do Approve Biden Initiatives