The Supreme Court will rule if Donald Trump can be banned from 2024 election ballots tomorrow.
BREAKING: It appears likely that the Supreme Court may make a ruling tomorrow related to Trump’s eligibility in Colorado.
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Former President Donald Trump made an unsubstantiated claim at a recent rally, stating that 82 percent of the country believes the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” in favor of Joe Biden. Trump mentioned the alleged poll during a Get Out The Vote rally in North Carolina, emphasizing his belief that the election was a “disgrace” and asserting that the country cannot tolerate such circumstances again.
What happened at that last election was a disgrace, and we’re not going to let it happen again. We’re not going to let it happen again. Did you ever notice they want to go after the people that find out where the cheating was —and, by the way, 82 percent of the country understands that it was a rigged election, OK? You can’t have a country with that. A poll came out, 82 percent — but they go after the people — they don’t go after the people that rigged the election — they go after the people that looking, they’re looking for the people that rigged the election. And that’s the people they go after. They got away with something; they’re never going to get away with it again.
The source and timing of the poll Trump referenced remain unclear. However, the right-leaning Washington Examiner pointed out that in November 2021, the Public Religion Research Institute released the results of its American Values Survey. This survey indicated that 82 percent of Republicans who most trust Fox News believed that the election was stolen from Trump. The overall percentage among all respondents was 31 percent.
While it’s uncertain if this is the specific poll Trump mentioned, it is crucial to note that claims of election rigging have been widely debunked, and the results of the 2020 election have been consistently upheld as legitimate. Trump’s assertions about the election being stolen have been debunked multiple times, and Joe Biden is recognized as the rightful president.
However, in November 2021, the Public Religion Research Institute released the results of its American Values Survey, which included a section on extremism, conspiracies, and QAnon. That poll found that 82 percent of “Republicans who most trust Fox News” either “completely agree” or “mostly agree” that the election a year prior was stolen from Trump. That percentage among all respondents was just 31.
In the same survey last year, only 65 percent of the Republicans who said they most trust Fox News believed that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, while the number among all respondents increased to 32 percent.
