The US president reacts surprisingly to a survey flop - the CNN broadcaster feels reminded of the actions of certain “regimes”. Challenger Biden fears bad things.
- The US presidential election is approaching with great strides: elections will be held in November 2020 *.
- Donald Trump unexpectedly responds to a negative poll - asking CNN to apologize.
- Meanwhile, challenger Joe Biden is already puking about a possible "election theft" of Trump.
Washington - Americans elect a president in about four months. Surveys on the outcome of the election are a matter of course at this point in time - but the handling of incumbent Donald Trump * with a poll with an unpleasant outcome has once again caused a scandal: the head of government and the CNN broadcaster exchanged violent allegations.
US election poll: CNN sees Biden clearly ahead - Trump employees demand apology
Stumbling block is a poll released on Monday. The SSRS institute polled 1,259 Americans on behalf of CNN in early June - and came to the conclusion that 55 percent of the voters wanted to see challenger Joe Biden in the White House. 41 percent of Trump spoke in favor of Trump. At the same time, the approval rate for Trump's policy dropped to 38 percent.
However, the US president did not respond with a declaration of war or silence - instead, he sent a letter of complaint to the broadcaster. Campaign chief Michael Glassner and legal adviser Jenna Ellis said, according to CNN, that the survey must be withdrawn - it requires a "complete, fair and visible withdrawal" as well as an apology and "clarification for the misleading conclusions".
US presidential election 2020: poll flop - Trump has a “FAKE” feeling
It is a fake poll that is intended to prevent voters from voting and to choke the momentum for Trump, the two Trump employees justified the demand. Even Trump himself tweeted about the case. He said he had gotten professional support - because given the “incredible enthusiasm” for him personally, he felt that the results were “FAKE”.
I have retained highly respected pollster, McLaughlin & Associates, to analyze todays CNN Poll (and others), which I felt were FAKE based on the incredible enthusiasm we are receiving. Read analysis for yourself. This is the same thing they and others did when we defeated ...
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2020The McLaughling & Associates Polling analysis requested by Trump is also available online. This accuses the competition of a "twisted poll" and an "intentional strategy". The reasoning is remarkable: specifically - shortly after the Floyd case - questions about the relationship between the population groups were asked about the Sunday question instead of the job situation. The poll was also conducted ahead of the recent “great economic news”.
Trump attacks CNN over election poll: broadcaster draws parallels with "Venezuela"
However, Trump's house broadcaster Fox News Biden had seen in the front with eight percentage points - and the latest findings on corona infection and unemployment figures in the USA hardly fall into the "great" category.
In any case, CNN reacted coolly: In another letter, CNN deputy David Vigilante stated that, to his knowledge, the station was being threatened with legal action for the first time since "an American politician was not pleased with CNN's survey results ". Typically, such cases have so far only existed "from countries like Venezuela or from other regimes that have little or no respect for free and independent media".
US election: Biden fears that Trump would "steal the election" - "Military would escort him from the White House"
Completely in line with the incident, challenger Biden * no longer believes in Trump's fair behavior in the November election . "This president will try to steal the election," the ex-vice president said Wednesday night on Comedy Central's "Daily Show ." "This is a guy who says that all postal ballot papers are wrong."
Joe Biden wants to replace Donald Trump as US President in November - outcome open.
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When asked if he had considered that Trump might refuse to leave the White House in the event of a defeat, Biden replied, "Yes, I did." He added that he was "absolutely convinced" that that the military would then escort Trump. The spokeswoman for the White House s, Kayleigh McEnany , Biden's remarks calling it a "conspiracy theory". She told Fox News on Thursday that Trump was looking forward to the election.
Biden said he would address any Trump lie in the election campaign . "This guy is not a good guy." He expects Trump to attack him personally "and says things about me, my family, my children, and everything that just isn't true." He himself has weaknesses and will make mistakes. "But the point is, I take responsibility for the mistakes."
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