A Democratic Fantasy World
A new poll suggests that a sizable number of Democrats — more than 40% in some cases — believe the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life were fake.
TL;DR
- A poll found that over 40% of Democrats, and in some cases more, believe assassination attempts on Donald Trump were staged.
- 34% of Democrats believed the White House Correspondents' Dinner attempt was staged, 42% believed the Butler, PA rally shooting was staged, and 26% believed the Trump International Golf Club incident was staged.
- Republican numbers were lower, with 13% believing the Correspondents' Dinner attempt was staged, 7% the Butler shooting, and 7% the golf club incident.
- A combined majority of Americans (over 50%) either believe or are unsure if the assassination attempts were staged, with Democrats dominating these figures.
- The poll findings were so surprising that NewsGuard requested YouGov recheck the data, which confirmed the results.
- The article draws a parallel to earlier polls where a majority of Democrats believed Russia tampered with 2016 vote tallies, despite a lack of evidence.