Watch: Photographer’s Reaction to Biden Is How Most of America Is Feeling
President Joe Biden is running for re-election even as polls show a majority of Americans are not in favor of it. And on Monday, a photographer’s face at the White House seemed to capture the mood most voters are…
President Joe Biden is running for re-election even as polls show a majority of Americans are not in favor of it.
And on Monday, a photographer’s face at the White House seemed to capture the mood most voters are feeling now that he announced his campaign.
A video showed the president flailing his arms around before appearing to ask for directions.
Biden then walked onto a stage with his arms outstretched and looked around.
He appeared to reach out toward a photographer who lowered her camera, seemed to wrinkle her nose, and give the president some serious side-eye before pulling away.
Watch the moment below:
Most people do not really know what their face looks like, and this photographer was probably just trying to move out of the way and figure out where to go for her next shot. It is also not clear how close his hand was to her because cameras can distort the image.
But if there is an image that seems to encapsulate how many Americans feel about Biden right now, it was the look she gave him while his hand is outstretched.
While Biden once enjoyed approval ratings in the 50s, he has hovered in the low 40s for much of the last year as Americans appear to have soured on him — and not just Republicans and independents either.
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz traveled to Pennsylvania to speak to voters in a state that was crucial to Biden’s 2020 victory. She asked Elaina Symes, a 21-year-old student at Temple University, if she was excited by the president’s re-election announcement.