{"id":2209580,"date":"2024-03-30T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-biden-sets-fundraising-illegal-immigration-records\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T09:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:45:34","slug":"white-house-report-card-biden-sets-fundraising-illegal-immigration-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-biden-sets-fundraising-illegal-immigration-records\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Report Card: Biden Breaks Fundraising and Illegal Immigration Records"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-report-card-biden-sets-fundraising-illegal-immigration-records%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=2209580&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>President Joe\u200c Biden, supported by former Presidents Obama and Clinton, sees a resurgence\u200b in his bid for reelection with a fundraising \u200crecord \u2062of $26 million. However, a high number of illegal immigrants poses a significant challenge. \u200bThe week includes controversies over rebuilding Baltimore&#8217;s Key Bridge and emissions regulations. Opinion on Biden&#8217;s performance varies, with contrasting grades from Jed \u2062Babbin and \u2064John Zogby.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2935483\/pollster-zogby-biden-on-the-move-with-independent-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House Report Card<\/a> finds President Joe Biden inching back into contention for reelection, flush with a record $26 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2945082\/money-talks-karl-rove-obama-backer-agree-key-edge-democrats-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fundraising haul<\/a> made possible with the help of former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>But another number continues to provide a very high hurdle to boosting his low approval rating. And that\u2019s the record number of illegal immigrants he has welcomed into the country. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, there are now a record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2943057\/new-us-record-fifty-one-million-immigrants-nearly-20-of-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>51 million immigrants<\/a> in the country, and a record 13 million are here illegally.<\/p>\n<p>He also stirred anger among his foes by promising to pay for the estimated $1 billion rebuild of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Baltimore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Baltimore<\/a>\u2019s Key Bridge, which collapsed when a foreign-owned container ship crashed into it Tuesday, and issued new and potentially unattainable emissions regulations on big rigs.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative grader Jed Babbin gave the week an \u201cF,\u201d while highlighting the president\u2019s latest snub of Israel and lack of recognition of murdered New York Police Department officer Jonathan Diller while in the city raising that $26 million.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic pollster John Zogby graded the week a \u201cB,\u201d in large part because the president has scratched back to about even in election polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Grade: F<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Some weeks are easier to grade than others, and this is one of them. We need only to compare President Joe Biden\u2019s and former President Donald Trump\u2019s Thursday. Biden went to a glitzy fundraiser in New York accompanied by former Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Clinton<\/a>. Trump went to the wake of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller who was gunned down in the line of duty. The comparison doesn\u2019t benefit Old Joe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Upon waking up to the Baltimore disaster Tuesday, Biden immediately and reflexively promised to pay the whole cost of repairing the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It\u2019s not the burden of the feds to pay. It\u2019s the obligation of the ship\u2019s insurers and others. Biden just can\u2019t resist spending our tax dollars on everything that comes along.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There are a few other things to note this week. Biden\u2019s United Nations ambassador failed to veto a Security Council resolution that demanded an Israeli ceasefire in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> without connecting that obligation to a release of hostages. This caused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin\u00a0Netanyahu to call back the team he was sending to get clearance from Biden to go after Hamas\u2019s last holdouts in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah. He has since changed his mind. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Air Force General Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown admitted that the U.S. was beginning to withhold military aid from Israel. Biden will do anything to appease his Muslim voters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To top it off, pro-Hamas hecklers interrupted Biden\u2019s campaign speech in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/North-Carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> on Wednesday. They demanded more healthcare in Gaza, and Biden agreed with them. Obamacare in the Gaza Strip?<\/em><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden Speech in North Carolina Interrupted by Gaza Protesters\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYic4JHVYf4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>While all that was going on, Mexican President <em>Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador demanded that unless Biden sends at least $20 billion a year to Latin America and grants immunity to illegal immigrants for work permits, that he would ensure the flow of illegal immigrants<\/em> continued.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That flow has already reached an enormous level and shows no sign of slowing or stopping. Eight or nine million illegal immigrants have come in since Biden was inaugurated. Nobody really knows how many. Now, the Border Patrol says that over one million illegal immigrants have come in since FY2024 began six months ago. That will amount to more than two million in one fiscal year. And that doesn\u2019t count the \u201cgotaways\u201d who avoid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-patrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Border Patrol<\/a> and the \u201cwalk-aways\u201d who the Border Patrol doesn\u2019t bother to arrest before they\u2019re released.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Grade: B<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Even though President Joe Biden\u2019s job approval remains stuck at around 40%, and even lower on key issues, this was still a good week for him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>First, he continued to close the gap in the horse race against former President Donald Trump. In three polls this week Trump\u2019s average lead is only .4 points. Biden is gaining among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>independents<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Zogby Report | 03.29.24 - The State of the Race\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FKQ82nkXpZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Second, the Biden campaign has a huge fundraising margin over the Trump campaign, which widened with Wednesday\u2019s star-studded gala at Radio City Music Hall with Obama and Clinton.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Third, Democrats actually picked a seat in a special election for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alabama<\/a> House. The key issues were abortion rights and in vitro fertilization.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The president, however, is still not making any gains among younger and nonwhite voters and those seeking an Israeli ceasefire in Gaza. The big anti-Israel protest outside the Thursday fundraiser gave powerful testimony to that. But despite those problems, Biden is still in the game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong> is a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X @jedbabbin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong> is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Zogby Strategies.<\/a> His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/the-zogby-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>can be heard here.<\/a> Their firm polls for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Follow him on X @ZogbyStrategies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s White House Report Card, President Joe Biden gains traction for reelection with a notable $26 million fundraising total, supported by former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. 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