{"id":1105421,"date":"2021-12-10T08:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105421"},"modified":"2021-12-10T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:59:00","slug":"joe-biden-to-appear-on-the-tonight-show-with-jimmy-fallon-as-poll-numbers-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-to-appear-on-the-tonight-show-with-jimmy-fallon-as-poll-numbers-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden to Appear on \u2018The Tonight Show\u2019 with Jimmy Fallon as Poll Numbers Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-to-appear-on-the-tonight-show-with-jimmy-fallon-as-poll-numbers-tank%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden will face Jimmy Fallon late Friday as a guest on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>&nbsp;for a cosy chat in his first appearance as commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p><em>Variety<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/tv\/news\/joe-biden-the-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-1235130435\/\">reports&nbsp;<\/a>Biden\u2019s segment will be virtual.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The last time the media-shy president adorned the late night chat show stage was during Barack Obama\u2019s two terms when the talk invariably fell somewhere between favorite ice cream flavors and Biden\u2019s love of aviator sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon used social media to announce the appearance on NBC will air&nbsp;at 11:35 p.m. ET on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.497005988024\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow night is going to be a big show: President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> is here! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FallonTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FallonTonight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PweFoBb4SY\">pic.twitter.com\/PweFoBb4SY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FallonTonight\/status\/1469084932261695492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The head-to-head between the two comes as Biden\u2019s numbers tank across the country and voters turn on him and his administration over a host of issues ranging from the retreat from Afghanistan to the economy, inflation, supply chain hold ups and the price of gas at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats are concerned Biden\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/gop-poll-joe-biden-at-36-percent-approval-rating\/\">sinking polling numbers<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cwill lead to a thrashing at the ballot box\u201d in the 2022 midterm elections,&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/06\/democrats-biden-polling-woes-523719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Obama was a regular visitor to the late night celebrity host\u2019s guest chair during his presidency. He was the last president to be interviewed on late night shows while in office, appearing on programs hosted by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Maher and Samantha Bee as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4107956\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-538919668.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4107956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-538919668.jpg\" alt=\"President Barack Obama speaks with Jimmy Fallon on the set of the &#039;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#039; on June 8, 2016 in New York City. President Obama is the first sitting president to appear on the show. (Photo by \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Barack Obama speaks with Jimmy Fallon on the \u2018The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u2019 on June 8, 2016 in New York City. He was the first sitting president to grace the show.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2016\/09\/16\/liberals-angry-jimmy-fallon-late-night-trump-interview\/\">interviewed<\/a> on Fallon\u2019s show in September 2016, but rejected late night talk show appearances during his residency at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has notoriously given less one-on-one interviews than his predecessors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>At this point in their presidencies, Obama had taken part in 131 interviews and Trump had participated in 57, Politico<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/west-wing-playbook\/2021\/10\/19\/why-bidens-not-doing-interviews-494771\"> reported<\/a>. Since becoming president, Biden has participated in roughly a dozen interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Reagan, who was shot in the lung by a would-be assassin shortly after taking office, more than doubled Biden\u2019s first-year interviews, giving 46 by the same point in his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Biden waited the longest of any other president in the last nearly 100 years to hold a formal question-and-answer session, 64 days after taking office.<\/p>\n<p>When Biden has chosen to talk with the media, his choice of ice cream flavor has been a dominant point of engagement for the (mostly) tame Washington press corps.<\/p>\n<p>He also holds strong views on the weather.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4705882352941\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden on Tornadoes: &#8220;They Don&#8217;t Call Them that Anymore&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lqXirKKUDX\">pic.twitter.com\/lqXirKKUDX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1435686261969330179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For his part, Fallon has drawn criticism for his soft, fawning interviews with Democrat politicians from all levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2015\/10\/09\/fallon-not-my-job-to-ask-politicians-tough-questions\/\">reported<\/a>, in 2015 he pleaded for understanding, saying&nbsp;it is not his job to ask tough questions of controversial public figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not my job,\u201d Fallon said of going in-depth on the issues. \u201cIt\u2019s not&nbsp;<i>Meet the Press.&nbsp;<\/i>I\u2019m not&nbsp;<i>Face the Nation.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden will face Jimmy Fallon late Friday as a guest on The Tonight Show\u00a0for a cosy chat in his first appearance as commander in chief. 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