Posted on 04/16/2021 7:26:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As President Biden’s 100-day mark in office draws near, he enjoys a strong approval rating, 59 percent, according to Pew Research Center, but one issue has Americans even more concerned than COVID-19.
Views about major problems facing the country remained fairly similar to last year, the poll notes, except for two differences. The number of Americans who believe coronavirus is a big issue has dropped by double digits, from 58 percent last June to 47 percent. Meanwhile, concern over illegal immigration has jumped by 20 points, from 28 percent to 47 percent.
While views of most national problems are divided along partisan lines, including illegal immigration, increasing shares of both Republicans and Democrats rate illegal immigration as a very big problem. Nearly three-quarters of Republicans (72%) say illegal immigration is a major problem, up 29 points since last June. The share of Democrats who say this is a major problem is now 29%, compared with 15% nearly a year ago. (Pew Research Center)
As the immigration crisis worsens, Republicans have been especially critical of Vice President Kamala Harris, who was tapped last month to be the point person in addressing the root causes of the border crisis. She has yet to visit the border but announced Wednesday she’d be traveling to the Northern Triangle “soon.”
"It has been 3 weeks since President Biden appointed VP Harris to oversee the border. Since then, the crisis has only continued to spiral out of control," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Twitter this week. "The VP has not traveled to the border, held a press conference, or offered ANY plan to mitigate the ongoing crisis."
In response to GOP criticisms, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said “they need more to do.”
Give me your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
Yeah, I totally believe that. Do I even need a sarc tag?
“The number of Americans who believe coronavirus is a big issue has dropped by double digits, from 58 percent last June to 47 percent. Meanwhile, concern over illegal immigration has jumped by 20 points, from 28 percent to 47 percent. “
Bump that
59% approval when more than half believe election fraud won him the election. Looks like BS . . . smells like BS . . . must be BS
If she had a press conference, she would burst into cackles and not give any coherent answer to any question.
And since she’s a good Democrat, we simply aren’t allowed to ask certain questions. Or we will be ridiculed for even asking. Asking someone in charge of the border crisis, if or when she plans to visit the border where the problem is occurring, is considered an offensive question. We are in Orwell’s 1984.
I’ve always felt that illegal ALIENS have been the priority for our national security. Always will. That’s why these commies that are in charge need to be eliminated from the planet Earth.
CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC and tech oligarchs tell us that all is well on the southern border - so any poll or article reflecting a contrary opinion is: white supremacist, republican, conservative, patriot - conspiracy theory!
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore...
(My very un-PC sister would always refer to immigrants in general as “wretched refuse”.)
“Give me your huddled masses...”
The line never cited is the one including “your wretched refuse”. I find that amusing. They loooooove the poem until that part comes up.
Biden does have a positive approval rating for his “vaccine rollout”—that might be changing now, as the J&J rollout was botched. That’s the only issue that Biden had polled really well on (per People’s pundit pollster Rich Barris)
I think that if it were presented right, the #1 issue for Americans today would be what is happening to our children and what is becoming of them.
It breaks my heart to think of the formative year they’ve lost, the legalization of the dropout drug of choice, the mush they learn at the hands of corrupted schools and the normalization of the left’s perverse agenda.
Obviously we can believe absolutely nothing anymore. We’ve reached “obvious BS” levels.
Yes, and the Washington Post “poll” showed Stumbles ahead by 15 points a week before the election and he was ahead by 20+ points in Wisconsin. Even the Dems can’t steal that much.
BS is PLEASANT when compared to this heap of corruption. Very gassy sewage....
“59 percent, according to Pew Research Center” Horse Dung from PU! Others are saying differently!!
I never cared about coronavirus.
Only liberals cared about coronavirus. That’s easy to do when your pay comes from the government.
If that number is true, then we have a nation full of retards.
I quite reading after I read that number. No way that's accurate.
59%. I’ll believe that when my **** turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.
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