ABC host shocked by new poll showing Trump and Biden tied in potential matchup despite Trump's legal 'baggage'
By: Yael Halon (Fox News)
C'mon, Demo-wits, indict him again! We're still waiting.
Other reporting shows that people who think Trump should face criminal charges would still vote for him. When do these high-brow elitist snobs finally realize that Trump's support ain't just about Trump? In fact, very little of Trump's support may be about Trump. No one is singing praises for Trump, after all. But a lot of people are pretty PO'd about how Trump has been treated by the press, by the establishment, by the government.
The political pundits are shocked, amazed, and bewildered that two candidates unfit to hold office are tied in the polls. And the political pundits are appalled that people aren't paying attention to the unbiased spin by the press to rig the election. Maybe just one more indictment will do the trick. We're still waiting.
ABC's George Stephanopoulos appeared stunned Sunday by a 2024 election poll showing former President Trump and President Biden tied at 46% in a hypothetical rematch, calling the findings "kind of shocking" in light of Trump's mounting legal woes.
During a segment on ABC's "This Week," Stephanopoulos brought up a Wall Street Journal poll released over the weekend showing support among Trump and Biden split directly down the middle at 46% support each if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
"It is kind of shocking in a way, that despite all of the baggage that Donald Trump carries, he's tied with Joe Biden right now," Stephanopoulos said.
The ABC host said it appears the indictments against Trump are only strengthening his base within the GOP.
"With every passing month, with every new indictment, Donald Trump seems to be consolidating his control over the Republican Party," he told viewers.
Those surveyed in the Wall Street Journal poll were asked about the indictments against Trump, with more than 60% of Republican primary voters insisting that the multiple criminal charges were politically motivated and lacked merit. Another 78% said that Trump's actions following the 2020 election were legitimate actions to ensure an accurate vote. Just 16% said that Trump illegally attempted to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election results.
Former President Donald Trump takes the stage during an organizing event at Fervent Calvary Chapel on July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. ((Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images))
Despite the legal troubles embroiling Trump, the survey found that 59% of Republican primary voters support the former president in the race for the White House an 11-point increase since the outlet conducted a similar survey in April.
Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile said she found the poll's findings alarming, echoing other Democrats who warned it could be bad news for President Biden.
"When I looked at that recent poll, [from] the Wall Street Journal, I said, 'this could keep me up at night,'" she remarked.
In a separate TV interview Sunday, CNN's Jim Acosta reminded viewers that despite Trump's "four indictments…he is still tied with Joe Biden in the poll."
Larry Sabato, the Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, told Acosta that the poll signals Biden has his work cut out for him heading into the 2024 election season.
"Biden has work to do," Sabato said.
Democrats say the poll could signal that Biden has more 'work to do.' (Anna Moneymaker)
New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker also referenced the poll in an MSNBC interview Saturday, remarking that "After the mugshot and four criminal indictments, you would think that President Biden would have [a] significant advantage, but apparently not."
Fox News' Hannah Panreck contributed to this report.
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So, how's the spittle spewing outrage working for you? Just in case nobody has noticed, Democrats have lost the victim card. And the press doesn't know how to spin the situation.
Maybe just one more indictment will do the trick. We're still waiting.
ALL you are doing is making excuses for unpatriotic morons, aka MAGA.
Is it your opinion that the indictments (in particular, the Jan 6th, classified documents and GA) are without merit?
My position is that it makes no difference what the polls say regarding holding Trump accountable. Two distinct issues.
Trump set a terrible precedent as PotUS and if he is not held accountable that emboldens others to follow his lead (and, incrementally, do worse). This is net bad for the nation.
Do you disagree?
As for the poll, if it reflects reality then it indicates an electorate that is heavily irrational, irresponsible and unpatriotic.
The question is whether or not the phony outrage of elitist liars has merit. It's not just about Trump. People don't believe the over-the-top charges against Trump has merit. Democrats are once again using government in a dishonest, partisan manner to lie, cheat, swindle, scam, flimflam, and gaslight the public. The indictments against Trump don't have anything to do with democracy, law, or justice. That's not how Democrats swing.
Aren't the polls also indicating a desire to hold the establishment elite mother fuckers accountable? People aren't singing praises for Trump. People are upset that Trump is being held accountable while people like Anthony Fauci are praised. And there's no denying that Fauci did as much or more harm to democracy than did Trump.
Democrats are once again using government in a dishonest, partisan manner to lie, cheat, swindle, scam, flimflam, and gaslight the public. The indictments against Trump don't have anything to do with democracy, law, or justice. That's not how Democrats swing. The charges and indictments against Trump are overblown, entirely political, and are only an excuse for Democrats to lie, cheat, swindle, scam, flimflam, and gaslight the public.
If Trump is not convicted of something then everyone is expecting Democrats to once again encourage burning cities, looting, gong to war against police, and public displays of extreme violence. If Democrats don't get their way then they'll make people suffer. People are planning for the worst because where Democrats are involved there is no hope of anything better.
Do you believe the charges are without merit? If so, make your case.
Fascinating.
What is your argument then that the charges are without merit? Just making a claim is not an argument (and it is ridiculous).
I believe the charges are over-blown. Yes, there are valid reasons to indict Trump. But RICO laws? Conspiracy to overthrow the US government? A coup without military support? An insurrection without an armed assault? Really?
What is unprecedented (at least in the US) is how the DOJ has mutated into a secret police engaged in political retribution. That level of political corruption has historically been associated with totalitarian governments.
The military was not involved. Trump did not lead an armed uprising. Trump limited his challenge of the election results to use (or misuse) of legal interpretations and the courts. Trump did not encourage burning, looting, or destroying private and public property around the country to get his way. Trump utilized inflammatory language that Democrat politics had already normalized. Trump's politics wasn't any more outrageous or dishonest than that of prominent Democrats, like Obama, Clinton, Schumer, Pelosi, or even Adam Schiff.
Nonsense.
This is NOT a MAGA insurrection.
This is NOT a MAGA uprising.
This is NOT a MAGA coup.
This is NOT a MAGA attack.
Here is Biden shouting political outrage while surrounded by nationalist symbols, the military, and emblems of autocratic authority. Yet Trump is the danger. Fascinating, indeed.
"At the end of the day Trump is a philosopher. He is a philosopher of "fuck you -ism". "
Steve Schmidt
ALL irrelevant to what Trump did.
True, its not any kind of uprising.
You are being vague. At the very least you should list the charges you feel are without merit.
He is not charged with that.
Looks like you need help understanding the actual charges against Trump. Here are the counts in just the Jan 6th indictment:
Here is a profile of Count 1 (the actual indictment has dozens of pages of detail the you can and should read):
This is just a profile of Count 1 of the Jan 6th indictment; there are three more counts in this indictment alone. Trump is also indicted on classified documents and GA election tampering. You have categorically declared that all these counts are bogus. Obviously it is impossible to go through each charge so we need to be brief. Accordingly I have given you quite a bit of information about one count in one indictment.
Explain specifically why the charges in this count are without merit.
What is fascinating is that your comments suggest being entirely oblivious to the fact that Trump attempted to corruptly defraud the US government in an attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election.
But, but, but - the former 'president' is still a better choice than President Biden.
The title of the article for that picture is: "Biden warns US democracy imperiled by Trump and Maga extremists".
It is best to not let one's partisan imagination lead to delusion and/or conspiracy theories.
Projection, deflection and denial to an unimaginable and unbelievable extent. Ridiculous.
That is incorrect. What I have 'declared' is the charges are overblown. As an example, the premise for the indictment equates politics and fraud. A campaign or a political organization challenging election results in a political manner would constitute fraud under the metrics established by the indictment. I doubt people are stupid enough to accept that metric will be universally applied.
Biden's national address about threats to equality and democracy delivered with Independence Hall as the backdrop constitutes fraud under the same metrics. Biden demagogued, used deceit, evoked fear, and misrepresented both events and dangers. Truth died on the stage under Biden's phony outrage. Biden's politics wasn't different than Trump's. But Biden deliberately used (or misused) government to perpetrate a fraud.
Wasnt that the speech where Biden derided the lying sack of shits that have spent two and a half years trying to undermine the 2020 election?
The MAGA scum should be more careful what they choose to lie about if they dont want to be criticized.
Okay Nerm, use whatever word you wish.
Wrong, that is not what the indictment does. Have you even read the indictment?
In short, your comment fails to address my challenge.
Yes, I think so. That day he pivoted from the Uniter-in-Chief to the Divider-in-Chief.
Biden has done precious little to bring people together.
So, words only matter when you say they matter. Bogus and overblown are not interchangeable.
The indictment charges a conspiracy to defraud against a group and not against an individual. Did the state of Georgia enforce its own election laws by prohibiting electioneering for mailed ballots? For a mailed ballot doesn't the mailing address become a polling location? Don't prohibitions on electioneering mean that door knocking campaigns and mailed campaign literature are illegal after mail in voting begins?
It's not allowed to coerce or influence voters at a polling station. For mailed ballots, the voter's mailing address becomes a polling station. And the voter is in process of voting from the time the ballots are received in the mail until election day. In fact, allowing political campaigns to continue political activities after ballots are mailed would be problematic. Broadcasting campaign advertising inside a polling station would definitely raise questions about the integrity of the election at that polling station. And when mailing addresses become polling stations then any broadcasts into that mailing address would amount to electioneering and raise questions about the integrity of the votes.
How is it possible to defraud a fraudulent election? Georgia is selectively enforcing its own election laws and lying about the integrity of its own elections. The indictment may have some merit but the charges have been overblown.
Don't give me that shit. I just agreed to go with 'overblown'. My question at 1.2.11 asked you to show the charges that were without merit. Now if you want to show a charge is without merit due to it being overblown, bogus, or whatever adjective you wish, that is fine. Just answer the question without the bullshit.
I am not seeing you illustrate why these charges are 'overblown'. You are bloviating with a bunch of questions that are unrelated to the indictment (especially count 1). Further, the indictment in question is the Jan 6th, not the GA indictment.
You are deflecting.
Okay, clearly you cannot defend your position.
At this point, I am inclined to believe that you have not even read the Jan 6th indictment.
To my knowledge , no one has ever presented an actual piece of evidence that there was fraud in the 2020 presidential election. There is far, far, more evidence that figures in Trump's circle tried to overthrow the election results than there is evidence of voter fraud perpetrated by Democrats. For 2 1/2 years we have been asking these people for evidence. Actual evidence, not vague complaints about changed voting procedures. Changed voting procedures does not in itself = illegal votes.
Frankly, the predominant argument MAGA's make is that Trump got 74 million votes, more than any other incumbent president. Biden got 81 million which Trump's fans say was impossible. Why is it impossible? Millions of people came out to vote specifically to keep the deranged Trump from getting a second term. Its not rocket science.
One of the main reasons Trump lost is because tens of thousands of swing state voters who otherwise voted Republican left the presidential line on the ballot blank. In other words, it is his own damn fault. If he wasnt an obvious lunatic maybe he would have got some or most of those missing votes.
There is a consensus among MAGA that the election was stolen from Trump, but no one among these millions of people can produce a scrap of actual evidence this happened. They talk about "anomalies" , which is another word for wishful thinking.
I came across a You Tube video the other day which was a PBS/Frontline show about the "stop the steal" movement. THAT is where the frightening thing about the post-election events occurred. A group of crazies (Flynn, Powell, Patrick Byrne) persuaded Trump to go along with wild conspiracy theories and plotted to disenfranchise millions of voters.
Where is the outrage over that?
As you know, those who will vote for Trump are doing so because he will be their nominee. They will also, clearly, dismiss all wrongdoings as irrelevant. Some will claim there are no wrongdoings by Trump.
Facts do not matter to this group. The 'arguments' are irrational, support for Trump is irresponsible and voting for Trump is unpatriotic. But if he is the R nominee, they will vote for and defend him no matter what.
Sounds like the majority of comments of those who project, deflect, or deny when asked to back up their claims or as TiG stated 'defend their position.'
Nice euphemism for "traitor".
And yet, Biden can only tie with him.
Guess Biden better dust off his old Cornpop-busting days!
Traitors, morons, dupes, fools , and human excrement get to vote too. Thus we can explain Trump's poll numbers.
An excellent description of many Democrats.
More like truth telling.
How many "arguments" do you make? Zero as far as I can tell. Dont tell people here who post content and make arguments every day that they are "name calling". I do it all.
Including name-calling, as he so sensibly stated.
Don't tell people what they can and can not do on a semi open forum. Your post is name calling, simple as that. Just because you can somehow rationalize it to yourself and other like minded people just shows how weak your "argument "is.
It was suggested that Harry Truman was giving his opponents "hell". He smiled and said "I tell them the truth and they think it is hell".
LOL
Let me be the first to break it to you:
You ain't no Harry Truman!
That describes many, many progressives and liberal Democrats as well.
Many people consider Biden to be a traitor too. What with all the irrefutable evidence of meddling in the affairs of Ukraine, bribery, influence peddling, money laundering, etc....all impeachable offenses.
Trump is being railroaded on a bunch of bogus charges.... which don't include treason.
I have posted more articles, some of which I write myself, than anyone , ever, on Newstalkers. I have also, I think made more comments, although I dont make as many comments as I used to because of the incesssant trolling here.
The idea that all I do is "name call" is ridiculous on the face of it. I "name call" for a reason. What is your reason for posting inane defenses of far right positions day after day?
Best to focus on quality rather than sheer volume.
My response is specific to 2.1.1. To be honest with you I skim over or ignore many of your articles, they are so repetitive they are really not worth my time.
Which of the charges are bogus and why?
Why are you wasting your time?
I do not expect a thoughtful, honest answer. I am, of course, shining a light on outrageous (uber partisan) bullshit.
That does parrot the political narrative of prominent Democrats.
I am, of course, shining a light on outrageous (uber partisan) bullshit.
Thanks for the clarification. That is not what I would have guessed.
If someone claims that "Trump is being railroaded on a bunch of bogus charges.... which don't include treason." would you not challenge that claim?
If you agree with the claim then my question to you is: which of the charges are bogus and why?
If you disagree with the claim then it should be quite clear why it was challenged.
That has nothing to do with your goal of shining a light on outrageous (uber partisan) bullshit since you never expected an answer.
But you go with that.
Deflection. What a surprise.
The challenge is the light.
If someone claims that " Trump is being railroaded on a bunch of bogus charges.... which don't include treason. " would you not challenge that claim?
If you agree with the claim then my question to you is: which of the charges are bogus and why?
If you disagree with the claim then it should be quite clear why it was challenged.
Pretty dim light.
Of course someone that seems to shine a light on only one side of the political aisle might also be considered an uber partisan
If one cannot recognize criticism of both political parties then one could come to such a misguided conclusion. IMO the R party far more dysfunctional than the D party so naturally I will be more critical of it.
Your comment suggests a lack of understanding of partisanship. Partisans, especially uber-partisans, vote based on their party affiliation. Uber-partisans (loyalists) will defend their party at all costs. Uber partisans will adopt their party's positions and defend them even if the argument is brain-dead stupid.
Independents make decisions based on facts and logic and not on party (except in strategic factors such as trying to achieve a balance of power by having a mix of control by political parties).
Most partisans seem unable to even comprehend political independence and stubbornly insist (employing confirmation bias) that independents are actually partisans. It is as if they do not believe it possible to be politically independent.
You just described the typical Democrat. It is the only way a career criminal politician gets elected to the highest office of the land. "Most transparent administration ever." The only thing they are transparent about is their abuse of power to go after their political enemies. Not just Trump, but parents that have the audacity to stand up against the leftist indoctrination BS being taught their children.
Democrats do love their criminals; and they get very upset when the rest of us don't.
Truth hurts doesn't it Greg?
Biden's baggage is being brain dead. It seems that is trumping being called a traitor.
In the constitution:
Article III, Section 3, Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
You don't think they would bring the charges if they thought they could prosecute?
The media has done next to nothing to turn people against Trump. They want an election "horserace" and will do whatever they have to to make sure that happens.
There is a lot of apathy and , I guess, mental fatigue, in the country on the subject of Trump. Everyone doesnt have the stomach or the perseverance to stay on top of all this crap over the course of eight years. Millions of people are living the last years of their lives under the millstone of having this piece of crap human being tied like an anchor around the national neck over and over.
The only people to blame for all this are Trump voters. Obviously , without the unpatriotic morons who lap up MAGA bilge like mothers milk, Trump would exit stage right.
The saddest part is that the majority of Americans will never accept Trump as president again, and if does get back in it will be one of the strangest and saddest days in American history, which we will never live down.
Whatever credibility you had just went out the window with that claim!
LMMFAO!
When was the last time you saw someone in mainstream media call Trump a traitor, even though he obviously is? They are more likely to talk about his good polls numbers then they are about his traitorous behavior.
The media, in general, has been more than too nice to Trump over the past 8 years.
That whole post is supposed to be a joke, right?
I might agree if all you watched was newsmax or Fox. All the other media outlets have been slamming him for 8 years. Just because they have not specifically labeled him a traitor as you seem to require they have not been giving him anywhere near the free ride they are giving brain dead Biden.
Donald Trump was never, ever, fit to be president of the United States. The mainstream media did next to nothing to get the public off Trump, for the good of the country, in 2016. Then they basically stood by while he lied thousands of times , while in office, including his attack on over 600 people, by name, on his twitter account. None of that was normal for a president of the United States to behave like that but the media said next to nothing.
Mainstream corporate media is all about "both sides", because they dont want to alienate possible viewers of any persuasion. They have not served the country well at all over the past 8 years.
Google search:
Are you suggesting the media should overtly try to influence the election instead of semi covertly like they have been doing for the last 8 years(for the good of the country)? They have made it pretty clear they did not want Trump to be president EVERY SINGLE DAY. What on earth have you been watching?
But have they specifically called him a traitor? I think that is the requirement at this point.
About 2,070,000 results
1,520,000 results
I just debunked your obviously bogus claim about Trump. and now you deflect to others?
Poor form.
Has it occurred to you that the numbers may be high for those folks because Biden has been in politics his whole life practically, and how many Popes have there been?
Of course there are negative articles about Popes since the Catholic Church was harboring pedophiles for so many decades.
Interesting though that there were more unfavorable articles about Biden than Trump and almost as many for the papacy....
Yeah, but Biden is old and been around a very long time. I am sure a good portion of those articles were about Biden be a plagiarizer and I am sure a lot were about the corruptness of the influence-peddling schemes Joe's son ran, selling access to Joe.
Popes covered for pedophiles for decades.
He won his first election a couple of years after his draft dodging was no longer necessary.
Translation:
They weren't mean enough to Trump and must have been too mean to Biden.
About 2,070,000 results
Proof that they are covering for biden. That is less than 10 percent than he deserves.
Let's ask the same question instead of changing it.
I thought your numbers looked suspicious.
Makes a difference when you ask the same question instead if disingenuously changing the question.
You debunked nothing. There are ,many many many topics on google or bing that have a couple million results. Maybe I should look up negative comments about AOC. What do you think?
Oh , what do you know-
About 1,840,000 results
Sure I did, and I also PROVED it to you--or at least others can see it.
You said the media said little about Trump.
I showed you almost 2 MILLION stories.
And? WTF kind of argument is that?
I think your devotion to that blazing idiot is appalling, and I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of negative stories about her.
She deserves lots of bad press.
Old, Crazy liar tied with old, crazy Liar.
makes sense to me.
Makes sense, if only there was a 3rd option? Maybe that’s why Cornel West gets zero air time. Democrats are scared shitless he will Ross Perot them.
Cornel West is considered to be a marxist. Planning to support him are ya?
He’s better than Kamala or Dementia Joe.
No, but he might peal enough votes away from Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine to bring about a Democrat loss.
Democrats are scared shitless that Joe might not be far left enough for their far leftist loons.