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Trump Just Flat-Out Lied About His Poll Numbers, ‘We Are Winning In Every State We Polled’
Donald Trump explained his dismissal of reports of poor polling numbers on Twitter Wednesday morning during an Oval Office press gaggle.
The NY Times reported that Trump told aides to deny internal polling that showed him Trailing to Biden in key states.
When asked by an unidentified reporter about potential concerns about internal polling Trump offered “we have great internal polling, there were fake polls released by somebody that is — it is ridiculous.”
He then offered insight that runs counter to most every other report, saying “we are winning in every single state that we polled. We’re winning in Texas very big, in Ohio very big, in Florida very big.” He then added, “they were fake polls that were either put out by the corrupt media, much of the media in this country is corrupt.”
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Internal White House polling has reportedly confirmed what many other polls have revealed: that in a head-to-head race with many Democratic candidates, Trump comes up with the short end of the stick. As polling numbers have become more commonly reported, it appears that Trump is pushing back in an effort to diminish their impact.
Trump reopened a new front in his attacks on American institutions when he derided the very political polling that he reportedly told staffers to lie about. Trump tweeted:
The Fake News has never been more dishonest than it is today. Thank goodness we can fight back on Social Media. Their new weapon of choice is Fake Polling, sometimes referred to as Suppression Polls (they suppress the numbers). Had it in 2016, but this is worse…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2019
…..The Fake (Corrupt) News Media said they had a leak into polling done by my campaign which, by the way and despite the phony and never ending Witch Hunt, are the best numbers WE have ever had. They reported Fake numbers that they made up & don’t even exist. WE WILL WIN AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2019
If this anti-polling rhetoric seems familiar from Trump, he hit a similar note in the days just before the midterm elections of 2018.
WATCH:
Trump claimed that his own internal polls are fake and that he is winning in every single state ahead of the 2020 election.https://t.co/vRiUwyLPNQ pic.twitter.com/OvnWKEGHB7
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) June 12, 2019
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