Biden Campaign Co-Chair Dismisses Poll Numbers: ‘There’s No Universe in Which Trump Is Going to Get 21% of the Black Vote’

SIDNER: “Mitch, it sounds like this is going to be a big theme as you would expect it to be during a presidential debate. I do want to ask you about polling. We heard from — from President Biden when he was talking to our Erin Burnett, that he doesn’t really believe the political polls, he was talking specifically about the economy. Let’s listen to what he said.”
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Biden: “The polling data has been wrong all along. (...) When I started this administration, people were saying there’s going to be a collapse of the economy. We have the strongest economy in the world. Let me say it again, in the world.”
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SIDNER: “All right. So he talked about that. And then we have some — some polling that has come out that our data Reporter Harry Enten pointed out that for the black vote, President Biden they’re showing — you know, he’s losing support, according to the pollsters, that Donald Trump could get 21 percent of the black vote. Are — is that being ignored? Is the campaign ignoring that? Are you worried about it?”
LANDRIEU: “Well, first of all, it’s going to be a very close election. Every one of — every one of them is. Secondly, there’s no — there’s no universe in which Donald Trump is going to get 21 percent of the black vote, that’s never going to happen. And so it’s not that we’re not worried about that but we’re fighting very, very hard for every vote. And the — and the — the — the records of each of these men is clear in this regard. Polling is always important, but it is true, and I think you guys have to recognize that it has been vastly wrong for a lot of time, especially in the — in the recent past. So it’s not that you don’t care about it. The second thing is this. President Biden has in fact created 15 million jobs since he has been in office, Donald Trump lost 2.5 million jobs, the greatest loss of jobs in the history of the country for any president except Herbert Hoover. And so we’re going to continue to tell that truth because it is the strongest economy in the world. However, prices are still too high. And that is why the president is really working hard to fight corporations, to really make sure that we bring down costs for prescription drugs and to do the work that is necessary to give every American a little bit of breathing room. That is a message that we have to take to the American people, and we’re not going to stop talking about how — how well America is doing in this particular time. I don’t know why Donald Trump keeps tearing down America. Everything he says about this country would make you believe that we’re going through a hellhole. All you need to do is travel around this country and see the unbelievable things that are going on. That’s not to say that we don’t have problems and we have challenges. That’s why the person who sits in the Oval Office is important. And that’s why wisdom, character, and judgment are necessary. Because if you’re the kind of guy that make decisions in the dark that only help you and hurt everybody else, that’s not the kind of guy you want sitting behind the resolute desk.”