An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll showed that President Joe Biden was 14 points underwater going into his speech on the coronavirus.
A majority, 55% disapproved of Biden, while only 41% approved.
Besides the usual partisan split, 66% of independents disapproved of Biden and only 29% approved.
Biden is expected to use the speech to talk about his “winter plan” for the virus, and to scold unvaccinated Americans some more.
The president did say that it would not be a speech about locking down the country, despite the new omicron variant.
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