Sen. Klobuchar Dismisses Polls Showing Voters Backing Trump on the Economy, Immigration

SIDNER: “I want to ask you about some of the recent polling. Recent polling showed it’s not abortion rights actually, it’s inflation, the economy, and immigration that really tops Americans concerns. Americans polled say, when you look at them, you know, it is Trump, not Biden, that is better at dealing with these two issues. That is an aggregate of polls. You see the Fox News, Quinnipiac and Marquette poll. The same thing goes when it comes to immigration. How do you think Biden can convince the public that he is the one that can handle these two issues? We’ll start with inflation. We’ll start with the economy, where people are feeling like they cannot afford what they used to be able to afford.”
Klobuchar: “OK. First on polls, I’ve seen a number of polls showing Joe Biden gaining strength right now. So let’s put that aside because you got one poll after poll. On the economy, you’re going to see a president that’s been leading on the national stage, someone who’s taken us through the most difficult time, the pandemic, when so many people were out of work, getting that vaccine out there to make people — make sure that people have their health care. You’re going to hear the story of that and how the work he’s doing to bring down costs from going after monopolies to taking on the pharmaceutical companies. I can’t tell you how many times Donald Trump said that’s what he wanted to do. It is Joe Biden and it’s finally gotten that law passed in — the bill passed into law, a bill that I’ve led, that said that Medicare should negotiate with the big pharma companies to bring down prices on drugs like Eliquis, drugs like [indecipherable], drugs like a Januvia, Jardiance, blockbuster drugs. And this is the legacy that you’re going to see where Joe Biden is going to be able to talk about the work he’s done on bringing down costs. On immigration, something else you brought up, Joe Biden has clearly leaned into it. He wants those emergency powers to close down the border. What happened? We’re about to pass that in Congress and Donald Trump weighs in and says, no, no, no, don’t do that. And you can see the result. So, I just — I think it is a moment when you have so much noise on the Internet. Every time when there was a big moment Joe Biden has risen to the occasion. At the State of the Union, at Normandy, you’ve seen him rise to the occasion. So that’s why I think this debate, when the people have just that minute, when there’s not the noise, there’s not the interruptions, and there’s just some clear cut questions and the visions that these two candidates have going forward, there’s going to be a clear difference on that stage. And I don’t know what Donald Trump can show up. This is the first time we’ve seen him on the stage since he’s had these 91 felony indictments and 30 plus some convictions. So we don’t know who’s going to show up, but what I do now is that Joe Biden’s the right side of the issues for the people of this country.”