Talk about a disconnect between the media and the general electorate. Imagine flying all the way to Arizona to do the obligatory panel on Biden’s decline in the polls amongst Latinos, and having your January 6th question laughed off by the panel.
That’s exactly what happened to CBS’s Weijia Jiang in Arizona. Watch:
WEIJIA JIANG: President Biden has called Trump a threat to democracy and made it a central part of his campaign. Is democracy on the ballot in 2024?
STEVE MACIAS: I don’t buy that argument.
RAQUEL GLOWDEN: I don’t, either.
MACIAS: To me, now, that’s just another talking point. Every time I hear it, I just kind of tune it out.
GLOWDEN: I know.
MACIAS: It’s something that, you know…some focus group came up with, and now they’re just using it to death.
GLOWDEN: I really don’t think they understand what democracy is when…
