John Sununu predicts Biden's 'self-defeating' energy policies won't play well in battleground states

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Sununu: Biden showcasing a self-defeating agenda of trying to destroy the American energy industry

2020 presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden prepares the second part of his economic plan; former White House chief of staff John Sununu reacts.

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu told "America’s Newsroom" Tuesday that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s energy plan will not “play well” in Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.

“Joe Biden is putting out an interesting combination of big government plans and, frankly, a self-defeating agenda of trying to destroy the American energy industry,” said Sununu, a former White House chief of staff under George H.W. Bush.

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Sununu said that Biden is pushing his plan while “taking advantage” of the public's attention being focused on the coronavirus pandemic.

“I suspect those aspects of energy industry destruction will fade as we get closer to the election,” he said, adding that he believes Trump's poll numbers will improve as the summer progresses.

“The fact is that Biden is not going to convince America that he knows anything about the economy and as we get closer to the election, the bad mood, if you will, of folks being polled while the virus is here and unemployment is high is going to reflect badly on Trump," Sununu said. "But, as you get closer to the election, people are going to start thinking long-term and when they start thinking long-term, the economy is the driving issue.”