NAACP LDF Head on President's Low Poll Numbers: America, Not Obama, Failed

On Saturday’s broadcast of “Melissa Harris Perry” on MSNBC, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Sherrilyn Ifill blamed the country and not President Barack Obama for the shortcomings of the federal government, which are reflected by Obama’s current low polling numbers.

Host Melissa Harris-Perry pointed to the lack of legislation brought forth in response to the Trayvon Martin and Newtown events to combat gun violence. Ifill persisted and said you still couldn’t tie that to Obama.