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Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, told Fox News that midterm election polling is a “psyop…to depress conservative turnout.”

“The midterms are near,” Phillip Buchanan, the election denier and MAGA troll known online as Catturd, wrote to his four million followers on X. “The laughable fake polls are rolling out.”

For over a decade, Trump has claimed without evidence that American elections have been impacted by fraud. In the wake of his loss in 2020, an entire online community and ecosystem of election denial groups sprung up to push the baseless allegation that former president Joe Biden stole the election from Trump. These claims have become central to the Republican Party’s belief system, to the point where hundreds of GOP candidates for federal and statewide elections in November have expressed doubts about the integrity of US elections.

And now, multiple polls have shown Trump’s approval rating at historic lows with Democrats leading in Senate races across the country in states Trump won easily in 2024. Reuters reported this week that Republicans are now pouring money into dozens of races they considered safe.

Trump has called polls fake 39 times since returning to the White House last year, according to analysis from media watchdog Media Matters for America, including nine times in August alone. In one post on Truth Social last month, he claimed the polls were “demoralization operations” designed by Democrats to stop Republicans from voting. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump again dismissed negative polling out of Iowa and stated: “The polls are fake.”

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[–] newton@piefed.social 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

May I interest you in a 1 day old account explaining how both sides are the same

[–] newton@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only if you're going to vote should you clarify that.

It's kind of funny that you're creating a new account just for this.

Afraid to speak your mind?

We live in a free country, don't we?

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not going to lie, im a little confused. Are these canned responses?

[–] newton@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Nope, we here in Europe need answers, and English is my 3 language ,thinking in one and writhing in a other is not always ideal .
So go ahead

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ah, I was making a joke.

It's election season in the US, and there are a lot of disinfo agents and or bots, was just poking fun of that fact.

I am curious of what you meant though

Also mad envious that you have at least 3 languages, we don't do education over here.