President Donald Trump got here out swinging Monday on Fact Social, torching the “faux polls” launched by The New York Instances, ABC/Washington Put up, and Fox Information and exposing the institution media’s relentless marketing campaign to demoralize him and his America First agenda, and steered they need to be investigated for “ELECTION FRAUD.”
Calling out the “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS,” President Trump pointed to polling numbers that dramatically understate his actual assist amongst voters.
“The Polls from the Pretend Information are, just like the Information itself, FAKE! We’re doing GREAT, higher than ever earlier than,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump’s tirade was prompted by a string of latest polls from these identical faux information shops that painted a dire and false image of his standing.
The New York Instances/Siena ballot, for instance, pegged his approval ranking at round 42%, and an ABC Information/Washington Put up survey went even decrease at 39% – allegedly the bottom 100-day approval of any president since World Battle II.
The Fox Information survey additionally famous 44% approval, down from earlier months.
Trump pointed to famend pollster John McLaughlin — “one of the crucial extremely revered within the business,” in keeping with Trump — who flagged critical pink flags within the media polls’ methodology.
“When President Trump acquired 50 % of the favored vote, however The New York Instances contains solely 37 % of his voters of their ballot and ABC/Washington Put up has solely 34 % Trump supporters, evidently they intentionally biased their polls in opposition to President Trump,” McLaughlin instructed Newsweek.
Getting inquiries about NYTimes n ABC/WashPost polls about @realDonaldTrump approval rankings NYTimes has solely 37% Trump 2024 voters ABC/WashPost solely 34% Didn’t we win in style vote with 50%? @DanScavino @JasonMiller @StevenCheung47 pic.twitter.com/6ikJPQKlev
— John McLaughlin (@jmclghln) April 27, 2025
Trump famous that the Instances ballot included “solely 37% Trump 2024 voters, and the ABC/Washington Put up Ballot has solely 34% Trump Voters” in its pattern – far under his precise share of the citizens.
Such skewed samples are “unparalleled… except searching for a unfavorable end result, which they’re,” Trump mentioned, implying the pollsters intentionally undercounted his base to provide an artificially unfavorable final result.
Newt Gingrich weighed in, stating, “John McLaughlin factors out that the NYTimes and ABC/Wash Put up polls about Donald Trump approval are faux polls from faux information. The NYTimes has solely 37% Trump 2024 voters and the ABC/WashPost had solely 34% Trump voters. Trump gout 50% of the vote so add 13 and 16 factors to his rankings and it’s fairly darned good.”
John McLaughlin factors out that the NYTimes and ABC/Wash Put up polls about @realDonaldTrump approval are faux polls from faux information. The NYTimes has solely 37% Trump 2024 voters and the ABC/WashPost had solely 34% Trump voters. Trump gout 50% of the vote so add 13 and 16 factors to his…
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) April 27, 2025
To President Trump, this isn’t simply dangerous polling—it’s outright fraud, and he needs it investigated. Trump has referred to as for an investigation into the corrupt media shops and crooked pollsters liable for these rigged, anti-Trump surveys.
“Nice Pollster John McLaughlin, one of the crucial extremely revered within the business, has simply acknowledged that The Failing New York Instances Ballot, and the ABC/Washington Put up Ballot, about an individual named DONALD J. TRUMP, ME, are FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.
The New York Instances has solely 37% Trump 2024 voters, and the ABC/Washington Put up Ballot has solely 34% Trump Voters, unparalleled numbers except searching for a unfavorable end result, which they’re.
These individuals must be investigated for ELECTION FRAUD, and add within the FoxNews Pollster whilst you’re at it. They’re Unfavourable Criminals who apologize to their subscribers and readers after I WIN ELECTIONS BIG, a lot greater than their polls confirmed I’d win, unfastened quite a lot of credibility, after which go on dishonest and mendacity for the subsequent cycle, solely worse.
They endure from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and there’s nothing that anybody, or something, can do about it. THEY ARE SICK, virtually solely write unfavorable tales about me irrespective of how properly I’m doing (99.9% on the Border, BEST NUMBER EVER!), AND ARE TRULY THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! I want them properly, however will proceed to combat to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
