‘It’s Appealing’: CNN Host Cuts Off Biden Campaign Co-Chair After He Tries To Say Trump’s Messaging Doesn’t Work

CNN’s Kate Bolduan cut off President Joe Biden’s campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu on Tuesday after he insisted former President Donald Trump’s messaging isn’t working.

Bolduan noted Biden’s recent funding haul and asked whether the donation would make up for the “tough polling” that continues to “plague” Biden.

“Well, first of all, enthusiasm is always measured in how many contributions you get and how much money you’re able to raise. And so by any measure, no matter who you compare it to, it’s the best that we’ve seen in this quarter ever. As you said. Before, you don’t have to go too far to make comparisons that make sense,” Landrieu said. “Donald Trump just got hit with, I think a $400 million civil fine on top of another one sometime earlier than that. And while the president of the United States was working really hard on basically doing the things that are important to the United States of America, Donald Trump was selling tennis shoes. So I mean, you could just look at both of those things and say, who do you think is having the better day?”

“I understand the concern about the polls, you see this actually for both candidates. But essentially as this campaign heats up, you’re going to have to make a choice between two very, very different people in two very, very, very different visions for the country and for the world. Donald Trump wakes up every day thinking about himself. He thinks about oppression, he thinks about revenge. He thinks about how to hurt other people. He thinks about how to get back at them. He thinks about how to do things that helps himself —”

“And Mitch, that’s appealing to a lot of voters,” Bolduan jumped in.

“— Joe Biden wakes up every day thinking about how to fight for the American people,” Landrieu continued.

“And that message, ‘I will be your vengeance, I will be your retribution,’ is appealing to a lot of voters. You could see it in the polling!” Bolduan said.

“Well, it’s appealing to some voters in the polls. But on Election Day, when folks go into that booth, American citizens are going to step up to the plate and they’re going to vote for somebody that’s protecting their freedom. They’re going to vote for somebody that’s providing jobs for them. They’re going to vote for somebody like Joe Biden, who has done an incredible job in his first term as president of the United States. That’s what I believe is going to happen,” Landrieu continued. “And we have every indication that we’re moving in the right direction and we feel very good about where we are. There’s no question that can’t campaigns are hard fought. We’re in a moment right now in this country that we have not been in the last 50 years. But the choice could not be clearer and that’s what the fight is about, and that’s what the campaign is going to be about.”

A report from The New York Times (NYT), however, shows voters are growing fatigued when it comes to resistance against Trump. While some voters headed to the polls in 2020 in opposition to Trump, the fervor has significantly declined and effort to maintain it is draining voters, according to the report. (RELATED: ‘Donald Trump Is Not Adolf Hitler’: Bill Maher Blasts Media For Overdramatizing 2024 Election)

“Some folks are burned out on outrage,” Rebecca Lee Funk, founder of the Outrage, a progressive activism organization, told the NYT. “People are tired. I think last election we were desperate to get Trump out of office, and folks were willing to rally around that singular call to action.”

“This election feels different,” Funk added.

The White House and Biden’s re-election campaign have tried to portray Trump as a threat to democracy despite Trump leading Biden in several polls in key swing states. A RealClearPolitics average from January showed Trump ahead of the president by 4.3 points, his largest lead in this cycle. Trump never led Biden in the RealClearPolitics average during the 2020 election.