Democrats are reportedly growing frustrated by the White House’s inability to solve the never-ending cycle of problems. “It’s really simple: ‘Be the fucking president!,” one Democratic strategist said, according to The Hill. “I realize it’s tough and you’re drinking out of a fire hose every single day, but there are things you can do to control the public perception and they haven’t done any of that.”
Democrats have noted that the recent baby formula shortage is the latest example of how President Joe Biden failed to get ahead of a story, leading Republicans to grip the narrative, the outlet reported.
Democrats were also apparently annoyed when a federal judge in Florida lifted the airline mask mandate in April, as well as when they were late to learn about the Supreme Court draft opinion memo leak on Roe v. Wade.
“It may come down to not understanding what they’re up against — both the media environment and today’s GOP,” another strategic, Christy Setzer said, according to The Hill. “Biden did speak out on guns, on baby formula, on inflation … but the traditional tactics aren’t breaking through, and it doesn’t seem as though they’re taking in that information, re-trenching, and trying new approaches when it’s falling flat.” Setzer argued that the White House has shown its naivete in the last few months in its failures to control the messaging around major national news stories, The Hill reported.