The situation in America grows more bleak each day under the Biden Administration. Bad news is followed by an endless stream of even worse news. Each new scandal is quickly replaced by an even bigger scandal. One day we’re banging our fists on a table because Biden handed Afghanistan over to the Taliban—not to mention American hostages and arms. The next, we’re mourning the murder of 13 brave American service members who were killed by suicide bombers in Kabul.
It’s one insult after another: open borders and an endless invasion of our country by illegal aliens; the nonsensical, unscientific, and tyrannical vaccine mandates; and an attorney general—Merrick Garland—who is effectively telling parents who oppose critical race theory in public school curricula to shut up or else be investigated as “domestic terrorists” by the FBI.
These are but a few of the latest examples of the demoralizing, depraved, and dangerous policies of the Biden Administration. The upshot is a pandemic of malaise, which is infecting and suffocating the nation. It’s no wonder then, that the most recent Quinnipiac University survey, which shows Biden’s approval tanking to a new low of 38 percent, has conservatives and Republicans celebrating.
Jake Tapper of CNN recently called Biden’s new poll numbers “brutal.” I suppose this does qualify as “good news.” In our present desert of depression, Biden’s free fall in the polls may seem like a much needed oasis. But I’m not so certain this oasis isn’t simply a mirage.
Even with the help and cover of a friendly media, Democratic presidents frequently experience sinking approval. In 2013, then-President Obama saw his approval drop eight percentage points—down to 45 percent—in a month. In fact, Tapper said in July 2013 that Obama’s poll numbers were “underwater.”
I understand that Biden’s approval is more abysmal still. I also fully expect this to transfer over to the 2022 midterms, in which Republicans are poised to win back majorities in both the House and Senate.
But while Biden’s brutal approval numbers may be a blip of “good news” in a nation otherwise desperate for any semblance of hope, it is not cause for celebration.