Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) deflected Sunday during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation when confronted with polling showing that a large majority of Democratic voters see their party’s congressional leaders as “ineffective.”

Rather than answer a question as to why Democratic voters had so little faith in their leaders, Klobuchar blathered about President Donald Trump.

Anchor Margaret Brennan pressed the Minnesota Democrat on new CBS News polling that found 71% of Democratic respondents believed congressional Democrats have failed to challenge Trump effectively.

“You are in Democratic leadership,” Brennan said. “Why are they wrong?”

Rather than directly address the poll numbers or take responsibility, Klobuchar pivoted to criticizing Trump and sharing broad concerns about the economy.

A trasncript of the moment reads:

BRENNAN: As you know, Republicans say they’re not cutting Medicaid, they’re making it more efficient, but- but we will talk to Kevin Hassett about some of the specifics of what you just raised there. In our poll, though, our- it also shows among – among those polled that congressional Democrats are overwhelmingly seen as ineffective in challenging Trump. 71% of Democrats say their leaders are ineffective. You are in Democratic leadership. Why are they wrong?

KLOBUCHAR: So when you look at what’s happening here, Trump is doing some really bad things to people, right? Small businesses are closing down. We – the economy has retracted in the first quarter. And when I get out there, talking to Independents, Republicans, or Democrats are basically saying the same thing. They’re really scared of what’s happening right now to their families, and they want to see leadership. So we cannot be the party of the status quo, that is for certain.

A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted from June 4 to June 6 found that among all voters, 78% found Democratic leadership to be ineffective. Only 29% of Democrats surveyed said they had faith in party leadership.

The poll reported a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.

Watch above via CBS News.

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