Trump Uses Fake "Poll" to Weasel Out Second Debate With Harris

Harris image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Trump image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr

After his considerably disastrous debate performance against Kamala Harris on Tuesday night, Donald Trump shared a number of posts on his Truth Social page claiming he was the winner.

These posts cited supposed "polls" that were taken after the event. But they weren't really polls -- they were surveys by right-wing websites that ask regular readers (not a random sample) to weigh in on who they thought won.

It'd be like a Chicago Bears Fans website asking readers who the greatest QB of week 1 was -- even though Caleb Williams did absolutely nothing to help his team win on Sunday, that fan site would still get a result of him being the greatest, due to who is voting or even knows that the "poll" exists.

Likewise, Trump used a fake poll to say that, since he did so great in the debate, a "rematch" against Harris was a dumb idea. But by all accounts (even Fox Frickin' News), Trump performed terribly, and Harris gave a master class on how to rile him while still discussing the issues that matter.

From Truth Social:

In the World of Boxing or UFC, when a Fighter gets beaten or knocked out, they get up and scream, “I DEMAND A REMATCH, I DEMAND A REMATCH!” Well, it’s no different with a Debate. She was beaten badly last night. Every Poll has us WINNING, in one case, 92-8, so why would I do a Rematch?

The poll Trump is specifically citing appears to be a Newsmax one, which, you guessed it, was highly skewed because most Newsmax viewers are huge Trump supporters.

Real snap polls showed Harris won the debate, by the way, although you don't really need polling data to see that.  

The bottom line here? Trump is scared to debate Harris again, and he's grasping at straws like these to try to hide how afraid he is.