recent weeks, over the debt limit and the stalled infrastructure bills. biden s numbers with independents have dropped by 19 points since he was elected, a big drop of that happening over the summer. that s why i think you see so many democrats actually this silent majority really, at least on the house side, who are very keen to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill done asap and so that at least at the end of the year biden and the vulnerable democrats can go into 2022 to speak to that. .chris: harold, when the president s support drops, that flows down the line and hurts all democrats. the president s asking a lot of democrats to take tough votes on his domestic agenda. both if you re progressive, maybe you don t like the fact that it s going to be too little, if you re moderate, that it s going to be too much. he doesn t provide as much political cover. virginia, you ve got a really competitive race for governor and terry mcauliffe, the democratic candidate and former
recent weeks, over the debt limit and the stalled infrastructure bills. biden s numbers with independents have dropped by 19 points since he was elected, a big drop of that happening over the summer. that s why i think you see so many democrats actually this silent majority really, at least on the house side, who are very keen to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill done asap and so that at least at the end of the year biden and the vulnerable democrats can go into 2022 to speak to that. .chris: harold, when the president s support drops, that flows down the line and hurts all democrats. the president s asking a lot of democrats to take tough votes on his domestic agenda. both if you re progressive, maybe you don t like the fact that it s going to be too little, if you re moderate, that it s going to be too much. he doesn t provide as much political cover. virginia, you ve got a really competitive race for governor and terry mcauliffe, the democratic candidate and former
and that was basically almost a 20-point county. kent county, michigan. in that same 2004 presidential, i think bush carried it by 20 points. i mean, look, it was the home of that wing of the republican party. and this is this is a county that it ll be a shock if if if trump wins it. yeah. so the interesting thing is, you know, we always talk about michigan s battleground state. but it usually ends up going democratic until 2016. and then what happens in 2016? trump wins the state. and then as he does that, kent county, which is traditionally republican, the support drops. he lost ground there. it s unbelievable. so it s a perfect place we think to look at this kind of establishment. gerald ford republican. maricopa county. is there is this the the swingiest county? it might be because the hispanic population there in particular, it s a latino, strong mexican ties. it s very young. very young. so you ve got people aging into voting there. interesting. and at the
now that was basically almost a 20 point county, kent county, michigan in the same 2004 presidential, bush carried it by 20 points. it was the home of that wing of the republican party. yes. and this is a county that it will be a shock if trump wins it. yes, so the interesting thing is, you know, we always talk about michigan as a gaelgd state, we have for a long time and going democratic until 2016 and trump wins the state in 2016 and then as he does that, kent county, which is traditionally republican, the support drops. he lost ground. there unbelievable. so it is a perfect place we think to look at this kind of establishment. gerald ford republican. maricopa county. is there, is this the most, the swingiest county in the country now? it might be because the hispanic population there in particular, it is a latino population that has a lot of, it is a lot of strong mexican tie, very young. very young. so you ve got people aging into voting there.
bill. we vitally need to take these guns off the streets. but here s the political problem. the problem is how you frame the argument, and it s a nuanced argume argument. 90% of the american people support universe background checks, 90% of people say if you can t get on an airplane because the federal government says you re too dangerous, you shouldn t be able to get a gun. but when you talk about confiscating weapons, when you talk about people manndatorily give up those weapons, the support drops. politically he s decided to say, screw it. that s exactly right. and i commend him for it. i think we ve got to just shake this argument up. by the way, the only person this is really relevant to is mitch mcconnell. the american people want an assault weapons ban. one person will decide whether this gets a vote. it s mitch mcconnell. very important, and you ve been on it. congressman israel, thank you.