White House: Obama ‘Is the Most Popular Politician in America’
White House: Obama ‘Is the Most Popular Politician in America’ (The Washington Free Beacon)
White House spokesman Josh Earnest claimed Thursday that President Obama is the “most popular politician in America.”
A reporter asked Earnest about the continued struggle between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) in the Democratic primary and whether it would affect a matchup with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Earnest expressed assurance that Democrats would unite around the principles Obama’s pushed in his administration.
“Based on what the president has said before, I think he feels quite confident that Democrats will come together around a set of values that he himself has been advocating for for the last seven years,” Earnest said. “There’s a reason that the president is the most popular politician in America, particularly among Democrats, that his approval rating is higher and his unfavorable rating is lower among Democrats than anybody else in the country.