Trump Invents Poll: No 'New Fox Poll' Shows '40% Approval' From African Americans

[DonViejo]

By Matt Shuham

November 4, 2018 11:37 am

President Donald Trump on Sunday invented a Fox News poll that he said showed 40 percent support among African Americans.

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TPM found no evidence of poll results saying that. A Fox News poll released Oct. 17 showed 29 percent approval of the President among all non-white registered voters, and 47 percent overall approval among registered voters.

As the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake Link to tweet
" target="_blank">pointed out, the President may have been referring to a daily tracking poll performed by Rasmussen that, Link to tweet
" target="_blank">according to an Oct. 29 report from the company, showed 40 percent approval for Trump among black voters.

A Fox News spokesperson confirmed as much in an email to TPM Sunday: “He is referencing a Rasmussen poll,” the spokesperson wrote, Link to tweet
" target="_blank">linking to the tracking poll. White House spokespeople did not respond to TPM’s request for comment.

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[MariaCSR]

1. THAT'S A LIE - LL COOL J

[dem4decades]

2. Trump just makes shit up as he goes along. The idiots that

He's talking to don't care.

[Gothmog]

3. African American voters hate trump

[uponit7771]

4. rAssMussen polls all claim blacks love Benedict Donald