The wrath of Donald Trump was aimed Thursday at an unlikely target — Fox News.
The former president accused the conservative-leaning network of skewing its latest poll, which shows him trailing President Biden for the first time this year.
“The latest Fox News poll is TRASH! They used a biased, Democrat-leaning sample of voters, polling more Biden 2020 voters than Trump 2020 voters to skew the results in favor of Crooked Joe,” he said.
According to the poll, released Wednesday, 50% of respondents said they would vote for Mr. Biden versus 48% for Mr. Trump in a two-way race. In a question that included third-party and independent candidates, Mr. Biden was still ahead by 1 percentage point — 43% to 42%. Neither advantage is greater than the survey’s 3-point error margin
But that didn’t mollify Mr. Trump who went on the claim that “Fox News polls have never treated me, or MAGA, fairly!”
He went on to say that “Fox News should get rid of Paul Ryan, and get a new Pollster, but they won’t.”
Mr. Trump also pointed out that the survey is a national poll, while Mr. Trump is leading in swing states.
“I am leading BIG in virtually every other poll, including in all of the key battleground states, like Wisconsin, where I just held a massive rally, and Pennsylvania, where I will be on Saturday,” he said.
Indeed, trailing nationally while carrying enough of the close, swing states to win the Electoral College vote is exactly how Mr. Trump defeated former first lady Hillary Clinton in 2016.
• Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com.
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