Tarlov warns co-hosts not to underestimate Dems’ comeback; we are already getting popular again
August 20, 2022 | Kevin Haggerty
The foreseen “big red wave” may still be coming for the House in the midterms, but there has long been a question of how those tides may impact control of the Senate. While Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov argued “do not reduce” Democratic legislative accomplishments, her defense of the left’s chances in November seemed to highlighted a broader issue faced by the GOP.
The co-host of “The Five” contended the favorability for Democrats after her colleague Jeanine Pirro railed to the contrary laying emphasis on President Joe Biden’s low job approval and perceived constant breaks from his duties.
“The president has taken 150, 150 vacation days. That is five months off in a year and six or seven months. That is crazy,” Pirro exclaimed. “And the Democrats at this point are saying we’ve got to build Joe up, even though half of us don’t want him to run again, even though most of us don’t think the guy’s capable of finishing a thought or a sentence because it’s important to us so that we can win.”
Fellow co-host Joey Jones used that to pivot to Tarlov suggesting any accomplishment for the Democrats really came from Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and not Biden, “You know, Jessica, it’s a good point. He’s been on vacation. I mean, he got elected from the basement, so maybe he can get reelected on vacation. Maybe there’s a strategy there. But is this Biden’s win? Is this Biden’s victory or is this Chuck Schumer’s victory?”
“It’s Democrats’ victories,” Tarlov contended as she framed unity within her party. “And that’s the decision that people make…Biden is personally unpopular. He’s been inching up. He’s now around 40 percent popularity. But the Democrats, as a party, as the choice of Americans heading into the midterms, are getting increasingly popular now, tied in terms of who’s favored to win, to take, to be in charge of Congress.”
“We’re favored to win the Senate. [Republican Senate Leader] Mitch McConnell (KY) was caught yesterday by a reporter, asked about what he thought was going to happen and he said that they’re not likely to take back the Senate. A few months ago Mitch McConnell felt pretty good about those odds,” she went on.
more
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/08/20/tarlov-warns-co-hosts-not-to-underestimate-dems-comeback-we-are-already-getting-popular-again-1275581/
