David Gergen is clearly having trouble with reality. After the Republican ObamaCare repeal bill was pulled, the CNN analyst on Friday insisted that Donald Trump’s first 100 days are the “worst we’ve ever seen.” The worst? Worse than William Henry Harrison who died before his first 100 days were completed?
Worse than Lincoln having to deal with secession in his first 100 days and being assassinated in the second 100 days? Worse that John Kennedy with the Bay of Pigs debacle? Gergen began, “A lot of presidents had trouble in their first hundred days.” He sputtered, “When you add up the totality of it... I actually think this may be the worst hundred days we've ever seen in a president.”
A transcript is below:
Lead With Jake Tapper
3/24/17
4:55PM ETDAVID GERGEN: And I think it's also fair to say that a lot of presidents stumble. A lot of presidents had trouble in their first hundred days.
JAKE TAPPER: Bill Clinton had trouble in his first hundred days.
GERGEN: Bill Clinton had trouble. Jack Kennedy had his Pay of Pigs in the first hundred days. When you add up the totality of it, you said this is the worst week of his presidency. I actually think this may be the worst hundred days we've ever seen in a president. Maybe it will get better. But earlier this week he has credibility, take a direct hit over the wiretapping. Now his capacity is taking a direct hit. He came to us as the deal maker. His ultimate promise was he's the deal maker, make the system work. That’s so clearly failed.
