“Sometimes people who say they know a lot of specifics don’t. So the real number might be under 10%,” Melber said of the percentage of Americans that know what’s in Biden’s budget plan known as Build Back Better.
“Is that a failure of Democratic messaging?” the host asked
“Of course it is,” Carville answered. “They didn’t get out in the country enough, they didn’t sell it enough.”
“If you’re buying something you want to know what it is that you’re buying,” Carville said of Democrats selling the Biden agenda. “I clearly support and like this president. I don’t know why they didn’t do a better job selling this.”
“Start selling. Sell,” he said.
“How does that work?” Melber asked.
“They lapse into jargon. They lapse into the press, which doesn’t know — you know, it’s unclear what’s going on,” Carville said.
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