biden straights may tout these successes, people don t feel that way, and it s not a messaging issue. it s a reality issue, so they need to make sure and hopefully turn these numbers around with regard to the economy, maybe hope for some type of cease-fire in gaza and certainly progress on the border. those kind of progress points will be able to help turn things around with black voters and hispanics and others, but they have a lot more to worry about than how these being perceived by the so-called maga wall. yeah. it s not just talking about it. it s make people hear it and believe it. right. good to see you both. lots more to discuss the thanks soap, guys. programming note, this wednesday 9:00 p.m. eastern, jake tapper, dana bash mod rate cnn s republican presidential debate live from iowa. and still ahead, the latest from the pentagon as defense secretary lloyd austin remains hospitalized and he has apologized for a lack of transparency. we now even know now that the numb
rating among black voters. that s slightly higher than the general voting electorate in their approval ratings of president biden, but there are signs of narrowing in his support. the exit polls from 2020 found that biden won black voters by 87%, but then if you look at that quinnipiac poll, he s now 80% of support from black voters and 17% support for former president trump. now one of the president s campaign co-chairs jim clyburn expressed concerns to the president directly saying so far they have been unable to break through the maga wall, but this primary will be a key test of whether joe biden can turn out and test his enthusiasm among voters heading into the 2024 election. the cornerstone of any democratic coalition, but most certainly joe biden s. arlette saenz, thank you. let s bring in david chalian, our political director for more. let s start with those concerns.
, responding to them by saying what he is trying to do with the israeli government and the war that they are in gaza. saying that he understood there passion, that elicited a shot out from the audience and supporter saying that you are a good man. that was a moment. that is a moment that any administration, any organization could only dream of. it was something that happened and it was positive and it could have gone south quickly. he turned it around. the person in the crowd saying you are an understanding person, they don t realize that, you are a good man. this obviously is a congregation and a constituency that you are very familiar with. how far does an event like this go to penetrating that maga wall that congressman clyburn
importance for questions of democracy but also are sites of trauma, hence south carolina and the church and the site of the shooting of dozens of black people by dylan rue. so hate crime. and part of it is to remind people what s at stake. but it s also about acknowledging the significance of the core of the backbone of the democratic party, which is black voters. so, this is ain credibly, important strategy for biden. and it s especially poignant, given that jim clyburn of south carolina has come out and said that he does not think that the biden message is resonating or cutting through what he called the maga wall, the message of donald trump and make america great again. i think for somebody like biden and for the biden campaign, this is all about trying to really emphasize these dual ideas of what is at stake in this election, what does democracy mean, and what does democracy mean for america s most