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Betty Boom

(393 posts)
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 02:54 PM 6 hrs ago

I think we're winning this one in the court of public opinion

I’m anxious to see what polling shows and I hope that there is some polling out next week, but based solely on what I’m seeing online and the people that I’m speaking to — the majority of Americans know what they saw in Minnesota. Now, the administration is desperately spinning a fake narrative. And oh my God, have they deployed their bots and their trolls on social media. But when you look at the numbers, those bots and trolls are vastly outnumbered by people who are outraged by what happened. My suggestion? Don’t read comments on social media and don’t look at 😆 as a measure of anything. 95% of them aren’t even real people and they’re not even in this country.

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I think we're winning this one in the court of public opinion (Original Post) Betty Boom 6 hrs ago OP
I have noticed in the past when there are events that are negative for the administration senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #1
There have been 2 legitimate polls released which were conducted entirely after the Venezuela operation. Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #2

senseandsensibility

(24,259 posts)
1. I have noticed in the past when there are events that are negative for the administration
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 03:02 PM
5 hrs ago

there seems to be a longer than usual gap before new polling is released. In this case, I have not seen polling since trump "took over" Venezuela. That was quite a while ago.

Wiz Imp

(9,020 posts)
2. There have been 2 legitimate polls released which were conducted entirely after the Venezuela operation.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 03:23 PM
5 hrs ago

YouGov/CBS News 41% approve 59% disapprove (NET -18%)
Ipsos/Reuters 42% approve 56% disapprove (NET -14%)

Neither showed any improvement for Trump compared to their previous polls

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