>>> SOME BIG TROUBLING SIGNS FOR
>>> SOME BIG TROUBLING SIGNS FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
A NEW NBC NEWS/"WALL STREET
JOURNAL" POLL SHOWS TRUMP
TRAILING JOE BIDEN IN 11
BATTLEGROUND STATES.
ONLY 37% SAY THERE IS ZERO
CHANCE THEY WOULD SUPPORT BIDEN.
AND LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AHEAD
OF THE ELECTION AN OVERWHELMING
72% OF THOSE POLLED SAY THE
COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACK.
JOINING ME IS CHUCK TODD, "MEET
THE PRESS" MODERATOR AND EXPERT
ON ALL THINGS POLLING.
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT --
THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER THAT
YOU’RE LOOKING AT IN THIS POLL?
>> WELL, I’M GOING TO GO WITH
THAT 72% WRONG DIRECTION.
THERE’S QUITE A FEW IMPORTANT
NUMBERS IN HERE, BUT THAT, I
THINK, SORT OF THAT NUMBER,
ANDREA, THEN EXPLAINS EVERY
OTHER NUMBER IN THE POLL.
I MEAN, WHAT I THINK THE BASIC
MESSAGE OF THIS POLL IS, AND
WHAT YOU HAVE IN THIS AND IF YOU
ARE THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN OR
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, WHAT YOU
SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM IT IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING FOR A
COURSE CORRECTION IN HOW HE’S
HANDLING THIS VIRUS.
AND IF THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE THING.
THE RISE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
IS VIRUS RELATED.
HIS HANDLING, OBVIOUSLY, THE
VIRUS BELOW 40%.
HIS HANDLING OF RACE RELATIONS
EVEN LOWER FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH
THERE.
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER POLL
QUESTION WE ASKED.
DO YOU WANT CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT OR CONGRESS TO BE
FOCUSED ON REOPENING BUSINESSES
OR FOCUS ON CONTROLLING THIS
VIRUS?
AND IT WAS 2 1/2 TO 1
CONTROLLING THE VIRUS.
THERE IS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS THIS POLL SCREAMS AT THE
PRESIDENT, DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
YOU’RE LOSING ON THIS VIRUS.
PLEASE CHANGE COURSE.
AND IT’S, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,
RIGHT NOW A MESSAGE THE
PRESIDENT IS NOT LISTENING TO.
>> I MEAN, HE’S NOT ONLY NOT
DOING SOMETHING.
HE’S PRETENDING IT DOESN’T EXIST
TRYING TO IGNORE IT, DOWNPLAY
IT.
LET’S REOPEN.
LET’S REOPEN SCHOOLS WITHOUT A
PLAN.
AND SLAMMING AND SMEARING THE
MOST CREDIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH
ADVISERS.
ALSO TRAILING JOE BIDEN IN 11
BATTLEGROUND STATES AND IN THE
NATIONAL POLL AS WELL, DOUBLE
DIGITS IN THE NATIONAL POLL.
SO THAT TELLS YOU A LOT AS WELL.
>> ANDREA, IN OUR POLITICAL UNIT
MEETING YESTERDAY, IN OUR
VIRTUAL MEETING, OBVIOUSLY.
WE CAN’T PHYSICALLY BE TOGETHER.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THAT IF YOU REVERSE ENGINEERED
THIS AND SAID WHAT -- IF YOU
WERE JOE BIDEN, WHAT WOULD YOU
WANT DONALD TRUMP TO DO IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU?
IT WOULD BE WHAT TRUMP IS DOING
RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, AT A TIME -- HE’S AT 33%
JOB APPROVAL ON RACE RELATIONS.
THERE’S YOUR -- YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE BOTTOM, WHAT THE FLOOR
IS FOR THE PRESIDENT?
THERE’S YOUR FLOOR.
AND WHAT DOES HE DO?
HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT WHITE
GRIEVANCE IN THAT INTERVIEW WITH
SEBS FOR
CBS EARLIER THIS WEEK.
HE’S CHASING THE SUBURBS AWAY
BETWEEN GETTING INVOLVED,
CREATING SCHOOLS AS A WEDGE
ISSUE, GOING DOWN THIS RABBIT
HOLE ON RACE RELATIONS WITH
WHITE GRIEVANCE.
HIS SUBURBAN PROBLEMS AREN’T --
THEY AREN’T LIKE A 5 OR A 10, A
5 OR 6.
THIS IS A FIVE-ALARM FIRE.
