The current head of the Republican National Committee is apparently blaming President Donald Trump’s low approval ratings on (checks notes) Joe Biden.
The Republican Party currently controls the presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court ― and, frankly, some terrible approval ratings thanks to Trump.
But a new Reuters-Ipsos poll shows that only 33% of Americans approve of the president’s performance while 64% disapprove. It’s his lowest approval since his first term in December 2017.
Considering the midterms are just a few months away, the news obviously isn’t great for the party overall, but RNC Chairman Joe Gruters is prepared. Prepared to blame anything but Trump for her own failures, that is.
Gruters addressed the low approval ratings during a Friday interview on NewsNation.
But if you thought he was going to concede that rising inflation, high gas costs and the war in Iran might be blamed for the bad polling numbers, you’d be dead wrong.
Instead, he decided to follow the lead of previous Republican officials and blame Biden, who, you might remember, hasn’t been president since Jan. 20, 2025.
After host Markie Martin noted that the economy is the biggest factor “when it comes to elections,” she asked, “How do you convince people you’re the right choice to make things like gas and groceries cheaper — and not the Dems?”
Gruters suggested the upcoming midterm convention might help win voters, before suggesting the real culprit to the current political predicament is a man who is no longer in power.
“The president is still dealing with the Biden issues that were left over under the disastrous four years they ruled,” Gruters said before falsely claiming gas prices were higher under Biden.
He also mentioned the Iran war is a factor, despite it being Trump’s doing entirely.
Not surprisingly, many people on social media didn’t exactly buy Gruters’ Biden blame game.