Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:24 pm
Trump claimed that the media is lying about him being behind in the polls, but the problem is that his own campaign admitted on national television that he is trailing Hillary Clinton.
Trump tweeted:
We are winning and the press is refusing to report it. Don't let them fool you- get out and vote! #DrainTheSwamp on November 8th!
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2016
However, members of his own campaign are publicly admitting that Trump is losing.
Sean Spicer, the RNC Communications Director who has been working with Trump told CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, “Well, there’s no question. I think we’re trailing behind, but I think we got the wind in our back heading into the final two weeks. The momentum is with Trump, the enthusiasm is with Trump, and I think that’s what’s going to propel us to victory in November.”
Trump’s own campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, admitted that they are losing during an interview on Meet The Press:
Conway said, “We are behind. She has some advantages, like $66 million in ad buys just in the month of September, thereby doubling her ad buys from August. Now, most of those ads are negative against Donald Trump, classic politics, personal destruction, cesspool kind of ads. And that she has tremendous advantages.”
Donald Trump just called his own campaign a bunch of liars. Someone was lying, and judging from unanimous consent found in the polling; it was not Spicer and Conway.
Trump tried to blame “the press,” but the press isn’t his campaign manager. The press isn’t the communications director of the RNC.
Even those on Trump’s payroll are admitting his losing.
Donald Trump thinks that he is motivating Republican voters with an endless stream of conspiracy theories about the polls and the press, when in reality he is depressing GOP turnout, and leading the party to what could be a landslide defeat.
The Trump train has left the tracks, hit the side of a mountain, and burst into flames.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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