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The Hill
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Mark Kelly on possible White House bid: ‘I'm not going to give you a yes or no answer'
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) declined to say whether he plans to run for president in 2028, stressing instead that he's focused on addressing voters' concerns about the Democratic Party. In an interview on CNN's 'State of the Union,' anchor Jake Tapper noted the swing-state senator was video-conferencing in from Pennsylvania and recently did a town hall in Michigan, adding, 'Both of them are key battleground states.' 'Yes or no, are you considering running for president in 2028?' Tapper asked. 'That is a good question,' Kelly responded. 'I know you want a yes or no answer,' he continued. 'And I'm not going to give you a yes or no one because I'm just trying to do this job, get the word out to the American people.' Kelly, who was in the running to be former Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 running mate, pointed to Democrats' poor polling and said he's working to get those numbers up. 'I'm trying to improve, you know, the polling that you talked about, and just listen to voters wherever they are about, you know, what are the problems they're dealing with and how do we fix them,' he added. Multiple Democrats are already surveying the landscape to position themselves for possible runs in 2028.
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Rep. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, WH Budget Director Russel Vought and Dem. Sen. Mark Kelly - State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
Rep. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, WH Budget Director Russel Vought and Dem. Sen. Mark Kelly State of the Union 46 mins Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin discusses the Epstein controversy with Jake Tapper and what it will take for the Trump administration to move on from the crisis. White House Budget Director Russ Vought tells Jake Tapper about plans for another recissions package and the tools the administration might use to achieve spending cuts. Democratic Senator Mark Kelly discusses what he has been hearing from voters at townhalls about Democratic favorability problems and whether the US bears any blame for the starvation crisis in Gaza. And the panel weighs in.
Fox News
4 days ago
- Business
- Fox News
Democratic senator laments party's messaging problem as ratings plummet to 30-year low
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., acknowledged that the Democratic Party had a messaging problem on Sunday when confronted with a poll that found the party had its lowest favorability rating in nearly three decades. "We have to fix this. I don't put a ton of stock into polls, especially this far away from an election, but we certainly do have a problem, and it's a messaging problem," Kelly told CNN's Jake Tapper. The Wall Street Journal released a poll on Sunday that found just 63% of voters have an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party — the highest unfavorable rating the party has received in the WSJ's poll since 1990. "It's important to get out there and talk to people about the issues that they care about," he said. Kelly explained that he has spoken to Americans in different states about the "big, beautiful bill" and how it might affect them. "So myself and my wife, Gabby, you know, sat there in front of a large group and took some questions from them and tried to explain to them, you know, what's going to happen to Medicaid, what's going to happen to food assistance through SNAP. And there were folks here that I got the sense that these programs directly are going to affect them and their family members, and they do deserve an explanation from somebody in the United States Congress," Kelly said. The WSJ poll found that just 33% of registered voters have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. Tapper also asked Kelly about the Democratic Party's official X account attempting to describe rising grocery prices under "Trump's America" using a graph dating from October 2019 to 2025. The graph claimed that "U.S. Grocery Prices Reached Record Highs in 2025" with prices "higher today than they were on July 2024" in categories such as dairy, produce and meat. However, many X users pointed out that the graph, in fact, showed prices skyrocketing in 2021 when Biden was president and only leveling off at the end of 2024 when President Donald Trump was re-elected. "So I wonder if you think Democrats have figured out their problems, both in terms of communications and also acknowledging that Biden-era inflation, for example, is one of the reasons why your party is out of power?" Tapper asked after noting that the Democratic Party had deleted the post. He agreed and said, "Yeah, I think that's fair. There was inflation during the Biden Administration. I tracked this pretty closely." Kelly said he saw the price of eggs and ground beef increase during former President Biden's administration before warning about Trump's tariff policy. "But I think what's important for the American people to know is that Donald Trump's tariff policy is very likely to increase costs. It takes some time because the supply chains stuff from coming from, you know, in some cases from all over the planet. And his trade policy for my constituents in Arizona, there are a lot of products that come across the southern border, agricultural products that create thousands and thousands of jobs, not only in Arizona, but in the state of Texas," Kelly said. Kelly said they were experiencing job loss in Arizona.
Fox News
4 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Democratic senator laments party has 'messaging problem' when pressed on low favorability rating
Sen. Mark Kelly acknowledged on Sunday that the Democratic Party had a messaging problem after being pressed on the party's low favorability ratings during a CNN interview.
CNN
4 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Sen. Mark Kelly on Democratic challenges: ‘we certainly do have a problem'
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly discusses what he has been hearing from voters at townhalls about Democratic favorability problems and whether the US bears any blame for the starvation crisis in Gaza.
