{"id":2003664,"date":"2023-08-17T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-off-to-brutal-start-as-manager-cancels-interview-with-msnbc\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:08:23","slug":"biden-campaign-off-to-brutal-start-as-manager-cancels-interview-with-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-off-to-brutal-start-as-manager-cancels-interview-with-msnbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s campaign starts rough as manager cancels MSNBC interview."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fbiden-campaign-off-to-brutal-start-as-manager-cancels-interview-with-msnbc%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=2003664&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--><h2>President Joe Biden\u2019s re-election campaign is off to a bumpy start as the influence-peddling \u200bscandal involving his son heats up.<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, Biden campaign manager Julie \u2063Chavez Rodr\u00edguez canceled an MSNBC interview after U.S. Attorney \u2064General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-hunter-biden-banking-records-revealed-look-russian-ukrainian-oligarchs-sent-joe-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter \u2062Biden\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-still-owns-stake-in-chinese-equity-firm\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden still owns stake in Chinese equity firm\">foreign business deals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/12\/us\/politics\/democrats-hunter-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u2064New York \u2062Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The report said the abrupt withdrawal was done so the campaign could \u201cavoid\u200b facing a litany of questions about the president\u2019s son,\u2063 according to two people familiar with the scheduling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bad sign when the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-lie-pittsburgh-bridge-collapse-draws-backlash-says-worst-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> camp\u200d dodges a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/execs-draw-the-plug-on-cnn-right-after-just-23-days\/\" title=\"Execs Draw the Plug on CNN+ Right after Just 23 Days\">left-wing cable network<\/a> with a history of feeding softball questions \u200bto Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The House Oversight \u2064Committee is investigating the scandal and has a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bidens\u2019 Influence-Peddling Timeline<\/a>\u201d on its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecords obtained through the Committee\u2019s subpoenas to date \u200breveal that the Bidens and their associates have received over $20 million in payments from foreign entities,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, liberals and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-az-gubernatorial-candidate-kari-lake-wrecks-cnn-you-really-need-to-put-down-the-crackpipe\/\" title=\"WATCH: AZ Gubernatorial Candidate Kari Lake WRECKS CNN: \u201cYou Really Need To Put Down The Crackpipe\u201d\">corporate media allies<\/a> are downplaying or ignoring the scandal, but some Democrats \u2014 such as \u2063Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota \u2014 say it is damaging the\u200b president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is exactly, exactly\u200d why, I\u2019m trying to raise the alarm,\u201d Phillips told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/11\/biden-2024-campaign-hunter-probe-00110923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> on Friday \u2063after\u2062 the special\u200b counsel was appointed. \u201cIt is another reason why I wish this call to action that I\u2019m trying to inject into \u200dthe Democratic Party would be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congressman pointed out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-lie-pittsburgh-bridge-collapse-draws-backlash-says-worst-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s age<\/a> \u200c and dismal poll numbers compromise\u200b his re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe data, the polling is a huge risk. The president\u2019s age is a risk,\u201d\u2062 Phillips said. \u201cAnd now the\u200d appointment of a special counsel to investigate the president\u2019s son \u2014 essentially, what, 16 \u200cmonths before the 2024 \u200celection \u2014 is almost certain\u200d to ensure that this is front and center during the most consequential campaign in perhaps history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On \u2062Sunday, Phillips <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-rep-gives-joe-bad-news-majority-country-wants-move-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Chuck Todd<\/a> on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that he supports having a \u200bDemocratic primary challenger because the president\u2019s poll numbers \u2064are\u200b sinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden right now is down 7 points in the four \u200cswing states that will decide\u200d the next election,\u201d the congressman said. \u201cHe has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-off-to-brutal-start-as-manager-cancels-interview-with-msnbc\/\" title=\"Biden's campaign starts rough as manager cancels MSNBC interview.\">historically \u2062low \u200bapproval numbers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Indeed, Biden\u2019s poll numbers\u200c are\u200c atrocious. According to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/economic-perceptions-continue-to-be-a-weak-spot-for-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press survey<\/a>, \u200da meager 36 percent of Americans approve \u2063of\u200c his\u200d economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a majority \u200bof poll respondents \u2014 58 percent \u2014 have \u201chardly any confidence\u201d that Biden \u2063can reduce the amount of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/corruption-gop-furious-hunter-biden-texts-show-paid-joes-bills-past-11-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a> in the federal government. And 46 percent have \u201chardly any confidence\u201d that he can\u200b effectively\u2062 handle a crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Even more shocking is that a majority of \u200dDemocrats \u2063surveyed by the AP \u2014\u2063 55 percent \u2014 do not want Biden \u200cto run for re-election.<\/p>\n<p>Other polls paint a similarly bleak portrait of an embattled presidency in\u200d survival mode.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">  RCP NATIONAL POLLING AVERAGE<\/p>\n<p>PRES:<br \/>\n(R) Trump 45% (+0.1)<br \/>\n(D) Biden 44.9%<br \/>\n\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nGOP PRES:<br \/>\nTrump 54.8% (+40.2)<br \/>\nDeSantis 14.6%<br \/>\nRamaswamy 6.1%<br \/>\n\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nBiden Job Approval (-13.4)<br \/>\nApprove 40.8%<br \/>\nDisapprove\u2062 54.2%<br \/>\n\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nBetting Odds Average (R primary)<br \/>\nTrump 60.4%<br \/>\nDeSantis 12.4%<br \/>\nRamaswamy 11.2% <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ptq4NipCdR\">pic.twitter.com\/ptq4NipCdR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPolls2022\/status\/1691887734682472874?\">August 16,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When all is said \u2063and done, you don\u2019t need poll \u2063numbers to tell you that the United States is in a grim situation under this administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-lie-pittsburgh-bridge-collapse-draws-backlash-says-worst-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s<\/a> dumpster-fire presidency has ushered in crippling inflation, terrifying crime waves, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-still-triggering-geraldo-rivera-even-after-both-of-them-have-departed-fox-news\/\" title=\"Tucker continues to provoke Geraldo even after their Fox News departure.\">daily border invasions<\/a> and escalating geopolitical uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the doddering 80-year-old career politician has done next to nothing to improve the lives of struggling Americans. He has to go.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-campaign-off-brutal-start-manager-cancels-interview-msnbc\/\">Biden Campaign Off to Brutal Start as Manager Cancels Interview with MSNBC<\/a> \u200d appeared first on\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign faces hurdles as his son&#8217;s influence-peddling scandal intensifies. Campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodr\u00edguez canceled an MSNBC interview following the appointment of a special counsel by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to probe Hunter Biden&#8217;s foreign business deals, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":2003665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}