Majority of voters thought Biden's speech was divisive

 Stacey Lennox:

According to a new poll of 1,000 likely voters from Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group, a majority of voters believe the White House designed Biden’s primetime speech to attack his political opponents. They also viewed it as dangerous and believe the president intended to create conflict between Americans.

Overall, 56.8% of American voters surveyed believe President Biden’s recent primetime address to the nation, in which he accused his political opponents of representing “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” signifies a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and was designed to incite conflict among Americans. A majority in every age demographic and both genders held this view. Among those ages 18-24, 59.6% found the speech objectionable. Men were most alarmed, with 60% indicating they believed Biden’s speech was a dangerous escalation.

Only 35.5% of likely voters felt the speech was acceptable campaign messaging. Of course, this is a problem since the speech was an address to the nation paid for by the taxpayer, not a campaign speech. That result trends below President Biden’s overall approval rating, which the current RealClearPolitics Average has at 42.1%

“These numbers reveal that most voters were sickened and deeply disturbed by what they saw last week. When you couple this finding with previous polling we did indicating a majority of voters also hold President Biden responsible for America’s divisions—it’s clear that the man who promised to unite the nation has become the most divisive President in American history,” said Mark Meckler, President of the Convention of States.

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I suspect the White House's own polling showed similar results since Biden started walking back his remarks the next day.  I am not surprised that Joe Biden did not recognize the divisive tone of the speech, but you would think he would have someone on his staff who would warn him. 

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