Bret Stephens also pointed to increased prices, the border crisis and a 'humiliating' withdrawal from Afghanistan
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A New York Times columnist gave readers a reality check on Wednesday in a column headlined, "Why So Many Americans are Down on Biden," noting several potential reasons as to why the president's numbers are so low.
NYT columnist Bret Stephens first noted the increased price of eggs and white bread. He added that the price of gasoline was "up 63 percent since January 2021, the month Biden became president."
"The news isn’t all that good. Americans are unsettled by things that are not always visible in headlines or statistics but are easy enough to see," Stephens wrote.
He also added that the White House was obviously not touting those numbers.
President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"The inflation ordinary people experience in everyday life is not the one the government prefers to highlight," he wrote.
Stephens also pointed to "the collapse of public order," the border crisis, concerns about his age and "a humiliating Afghanistan withdrawal."
"Easy to see is that the president is not young for his age. The stiff gait and the occasional falls. The apparent dozing off. The times he draws a blank or struggles to complete a thought. Yet the same people yelling #ResignFeinstein or #ResignMcConnell don’t appear to be especially vocal when it comes to the president’s fitness, as if noting the obvious risks repeating a Republican talking point," he wrote.
"But people notice, and they vote," he added.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday, June 30, 2023. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Stephens also said tent cities in places like New York as well as increased theft in major cities across the U.S. were "easy" for voters to see.
"Not all the ruin mentioned above is Biden’s fault, and none of it is irreversible. But there’s much more ruin than his apologists — blinkered by selective statistics and too confident about the president’s chances next year — care to admit," he added.
Members of the media and more have questioned the president's abilities as several polls showed Biden and former president Donald Trump, the current GOP front-runner, effectively tied in a hypothetical rematch.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at the 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on April 14, 2023, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A New York Times/Sienna College poll from early August showed the two would receive 43% support overall from registered voters surveyed.
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