Politics
‘Morning Joe’ STUNNED As Show’s Undecided Voter Panel Shreds Joe Biden
The “Morning Joe” cast was panicking Wednesday over results from a new panel of undecided voters that revealed nearly unanimous contempt for President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy as well as their feelings about the indictments of former President Donald Trump.
Mika Brzezinski’s jaw nearly dropped before she played a clip of eight voters where many told journalist Mark Halperin they believe Biden’s policies have been “disastrous” and a second Trump term would leave them better off.
Asked how they think President Biden is doing on the economy, one voter summarized the group’s feelings. “I think he’s been absolutely disastrous for the economy,” the man said, prompting others to nod and agree. When Halperin asked the group to raise their hands “if you think President Trump’s policies on the economy would be better for your family,” every one of the participants did so.
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Halperin, who has worked over the years for both MSNBC and conservative stations like Newsmax, released the results of the panel as part of “The Undecideds,” a production in partnership with video platform 2WAY and Wick Insights. The production team labored to find a pool of voters containing some who previously voted for Trump and others for Biden. The results indicate that feelings about Biden’s dismal stewardship of the economy are starting to bridge partisan divides.
Asked about their feelings regarding President Trump’s various indictments, a former supporter said he is circumspect.
“I just think they’re a political farce. If this was such a big deal – we have a policy in America, right to a speedy trial. Why wasn’t this brought up in 2020 or 2021?” Shawn, a Pennsylvania voter, replied according to Fox News. Another said the multiple criminal trials seem to vindicate Trump’s assertion that President Biden is “weaponizing” the Justice Department against his rival.
“It just feels like the DOJ at this point is completely abusing the justice system. Don’t get me wrong, there are some things that I agree, like, he probably…well, I don’t have the facts, but he probably should be charged, he probably was guilty of some of that. But it’s entirely being weaponized, and it doesn’t seem fair at all. It feels like just like a Big Brother tactic to keep dissenters down,” Omar, a Michigan voter who supported Biden in 2020, added to the discussion.
“If they have the proof, then why is it being dragged out so far?” Michigan voter Kim added.
“Even the members of the group who felt Donald Trump might have broken the law in some of these cases joined all of the rest of the participants in expressing strongly that the timing of all of the prosecutions leading up to the election is politically motivated. When even Biden 2020 voters are repeating a Mar-a-Lago talking point, that is something significant. This suggests another reason to be skeptical that a felony conviction would necessarily spell doom for Trump’s campaign with undecided voters,” Halperin said.
He described the production of “The Undecideds” as “an unprecedented 2024 battleground state project that will bring together the most critical voters in the country, drawn exclusively from the seven states that will pick the next American president.”
“Through a unique combination of synchronized polling and focus groups, viewers will meet, learn about, and hear from fellow citizens in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona, and watch as they grapple with indecision about whom to support for president – or whether to vote at all,” he added.
