Trump falsely claimed that his poll numbers “have gone through the roof” thanks to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, but real polls show his ratings dropping since the search.
Former President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday that the search warrant executed on his Mar-a-Lago estate last month has helped his polling numbers, a statement that is demonstrably false.to retrieve documents that Trump improperly removed from the White House, the former president’s numbers did improve among Republican respondents in some polls. But among the electorate overall, Trump’s numbers have not improved as a result of the investigation.
“I don’t even like saying it because frankly it sounds so trivial…my poll numbers have gone through the roof because of” the search,Trump this morning on the search: “My poll numbers have gone through the roof because of it. I’ve never been involved in an event that’s driven me up like this.”
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