hypothetical matchup between him and donald trump, biden was ahead by 3. the hypothetical matchup between him and ron desantis, who is the other gop challenger, desantis was ahead just by a few points. now fast forward one week, we re seeing the poll numbers where biden would lose to not just donald trump but ron desantis in a hypothetical matchup. and even more so in that washington post poll, this must go without saying, another part of that poll shows that people were questioned on whether or not they felt as though president biden had the mental acuity to run for president and to be president again. mental acuity to be the president. does donald trump have the mental acuity? well, in terms of biden, 20% of democrats said he didn t have the mental acuity. 70% of independents said he didn t have the mental acuity. obviously 94% of republicans. they re concerned about whether he is mentally fit to be the president. maria, you also have to be a little concerned though when you
can to reduce hate speech. the other point here jim is that the majority of the american people want more gun safety laws. universal background checks. would you be okay with that? that s something that the majority of the american people want. banning assault rifles. why do we need an assault rifle to make sure that we are going with the second amendment, right? the second amendment does not say, you have a right to an assault rifle. these are the common sense things that the vast majority of americans want. if it wasn t for the gun lobby, we would have those. let me sneak in a question about the presidential race. former president donald trump leading president biden in a hypothetical matchup by seven points. are you surprised by that? is this an outlier? of course that s what my dear friend maria will say. these are all snapshots in time when we have a poll like this. the truth is, the trend is not looking good for president biden. you look a week ago, the
justices who viewed the constitution from a strict interpretation of the constitution, that s been one of the issues that we ve campaigned on. meanwhile, democrats have been asleep at the wheel. this is why they were off in a ditch last night, because they lost this battle. this is a tremendous victory for those in the pro-life community, because this takes the issue of abortion out of the hands of nine unelected justices and puts it in the hands of elected representatives. and as to my dear friend maria s point about who s going to care for these women and babies now, the pro-life community has been prepared for just a time as this. there are crisis pregnancy centers across the country, 2,700 of them, that provide services for women, expectant mothers before, during, and after having children. and also provide counseling if they want to put the child up for adoption or if they want to keep them. there is an organization called her plan, that provides