'Go out and talk about Joe Biden!' DNC chair spits fire at MSNBC over polling anxiety
Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison was fired up for President Joe Biden despite an MSNBC host suggesting he could not win in 2024.
After the White House announced that Biden contracted COVID-19, a panel of MSNBC hosts said Vice President Kamala Harris would be the Democrats' best chance to win the election.
"There was a poll out today, a poll of African-American women showing a 31-point drop in support from 2020 to 2024 in terms of plans to vote for President Biden," host Rachel Maddow noted. "Vice President Harris can turn that around."
"And if you think Democrats can win the presidency with a 30-point drop in the black female vote, there's a real problem at hand," she continued. "And if Vice President Harris has the support of President Biden and the support of the party broadly, and can get there procedurally, I think there isn't a brighter path in November than the path that goes through her."
Harrison responded to Maddow's concerns a few moments later.
"And what we have to do is instead of having people get on TV and start talking about what Joe Biden needs to leave, talk about what Joe Biden has done and what he will continue to do!" he exclaimed. "If Joe Biden is elected and we are able to wipe out medical debt, I can tell you in the Black community, in my family, how transformational that will be."
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"On the [Republican] side, we have these people who are talking about ripping away people's freedoms and their rights," he noted. "I just want people to step back and just think about where we are."
The DNC chair then delivered a message that seemed to be directed at Maddow.
"If you want the polls to go up, then hell, go out and talk about Joe Biden!" he said. "Talk about the good that he has done for this country and have his back like he has had our back for these past four years."