What do you get a President who is running for re-election amid historically low approval ratings, a struggling economy, a border crisis and an ongoing impeachment inquiry? Two days before Christmas, NBC’s Today decided that it was the perfect time to host Joe Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, for some holiday softballs so she could do a little damage control on behalf of her boss.
Co-host Laura Jarrett (daughter of top Obama White House aide Valerie Jarrett) enthusiastically welcomed Jean-Pierre to NBC’s New York City studio. After a question about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, fill-in co-host Joe Fryer tossed a softball about Biden’s poor economy ratings (which he argued was a “disconnect” between “a lot of positive headlines” that the public wasn’t appreciating. “What’s the disconnect here? What does the President have to…
