WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 5: President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden announced new economic measures during the meeting. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is a Palestinian-American. She implored the president to alter his course on the Middle East.
"Listen to us! Listen, not only to Michigan. But so many people. The majority of people are supporting a ceasefire," beseeched Tlaib.
A reporter then asked Tlaib if she will "vote for President Biden in November."
"Thank you very much," replied Tlaib. "Thank you."
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Tlaib then walked away.
"A lot of younger voters, Gen Z, millennials are very unhappy with the Biden administration’s full support of Israel," said Cohen. "He cannot afford to have any slippage in the Democratic coalition and lack of enthusiasm. I don’t think those young Biden supporters that voted for him in 2020 are going to vote for Trump. But the worry for the Biden campaign is that they’re going to stay home."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sidestepped when yours truly asked if President Biden should make a pivot away from Israel in his State of the Union speech to satisfy the left.
"I’m not speculating about what the President should say in the State of the Union," replied Schumer.
US Senator John Fetterman (C), Democrat of Pennsylvania, arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2023. (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
Fetterman is so focused on tightening up the border that he wants H.R.2 – with an exception for "DACA" – a delay in the deportation of persons who came to the U.S. without documentation as children.
"Anything other than that can be on the table for me," said Fetterman.
The Pennsylvania Democrat referred to the Republicans’ plans on DACA as his "kill switch." But he was game for anything else.
"As a Democrat, I’m willing and eager to go stronger than the border deal that was here," said Fetterman. "It might actually be appropriate, given the circumstances here at the border."
So, pick your issue. President Biden is struggling to connect with lawmakers who should be in his corner.
"The party’s all over the place," said Cohen. "Many Members of Congress are thinking about their own re-elections."
In other words, Democrats might cut Mr. Biden some slack if the President boasted approval ratings of 50 percent. But with his subterranean numbers, Democrats are putting distance between themselves and President Biden.
"It’s all about political survival," observed Cohen.
This is the challenge for President Biden.
It’s one thing to get hammered by former President Trump and rock-ribbed Republicans.
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It’s another thing to have members of your own party upbraid you on a daily basis.
With friends like these, President Biden doesn’t need an enemy.
Chad Pergram currently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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