An angry, incoherent and defensive Donald Trump finally emerged from hiding on Thursday to address reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The Republican presidential candidate claimed he had drawn the largest crowd in history for his rally, Be in the news He finally agreed to a debate with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, but all reporters wanted to talk about was his struggling campaign.
One reporter said President Trump has just one public event scheduled this week.
“Some of your allies have expressed concern that you’re not taking this campaign seriously,” the reporter said, triggering a number of recent sharp accusations from Trump about polls.
“That’s a stupid question,” Trump said, claiming, “I’m way ahead.”
He returned to that topic with this comment about “good polls” showing he has a “significant lead.”
“The good news is, we’ve had some very good polls in a fairly short period of time,” Trump said. “Rasmussen came out today with a big lead.”
It’s true: Rasmussen Report There is a new vote Trump has a 5-point lead. But Rasmussen Reports Notorious Conservative The 538 figure was off polling averages and projections earlier this year, but that was due to inaccurate and poorly-predicted pollsters. Meanwhile, another more reliable research firm, RMG Research, run by Scott Rasmussen, said: Harris leads by 5 points That was just six days ago.
But Trump was on a roll.
“Other polls came out today that say we’re ahead, in some cases by a large margin,” he boasted. “CNBC came out with a poll that says we’re ahead, and we’re leading by a large margin in battleground states.”
A CNBC poll shows Trump leading Harris in a head-to-head race. 2 PointsThis is a national poll, no battleground state data is provided. Never mind. In his head, it’s true.
“Several polls show me with big leads in battleground states,” Trump claimed.
Not in reality. Thursday, Cook Political Report Ratings rise in three battleground states, Changed “Republicans Lead” to “Close Race”:
A compilation of 538 polls shows Harris leading Trump in battleground states. Pennsylvania, Michiganand WisconsinShe’s going toe-to-toe with Trump. North Carolina.
As of last weekend, Harris was leading 12 national polls.
The surge in support that Harris experienced after President Joe Biden stepped down and endorsed her as the Democratic nominee was also not a passing or temporary boost: it was sustained and transformed the race.
And Trump can’t accept that.
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