ACNN panel blasted President Biden's lack of leadership and cratering political support in an analysis of his poor approval numbers on Sunday's "Inside Politics."
CNN's latest poll puts Biden at a 39% approval rating, while recent Quinnipiac University polling revealed 33% of Americans approve of Biden's job performance compared to 54% who disapprove.
"Inside Politics" panelists Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg White House correspondent, CNN Capitol Hill reporter Melanie Zanona, and Time Magazine National Political Correspondent Molly Ball weighed in on how Biden is hemorrhaging support from all political demographics.
Republicans are largely unhappy with his lackluster economic efforts (inflation surged to 8.5% in March, marking a 40-year high), while environmental progressives are recently upset over the administration's announcement it was going to resume the sale of oil and gas leases on federal land.
AMERICANS GRADE PRESIDENT BIDEN AS INFLATION HITS A 40-YEAR RECORD HIGH
"It's an environment of overall discontent," host Abby Phillip said.
"People correctly perceive that he's not in control of the situation," Ball said of Biden. She argued that his public support began to wane after his botched handling of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan last August.
"And I think ever since that Afghanistan last summer, people have had - voters overall - have not had a sense of leadership from the White House, have not had a sense that there's a president in control, who is strong and consistent and knows what he's doing and can project a consistent message from one day or the next," she said.
Continue reading