Cries 'polls are fake' before boasting about poll numbers

[struggle4progress]

By Adam Frisk

... “If the fake news did a poll, they’re called suppression polls, you know polls are fake just like everything else,” Trump said ...

“They just came out with a poll, did you hear?” Trump asked the crowd. “The most popular person in the history of the Republican Party is Trump. Can you believe it?” ...

... Trump has claimed in recent days that he has higher poll numbers than Lincoln. But he doesn’t mention that there were no scientific opinion polls in the 1860s when Lincoln was president, or which poll mention such numbers.

On Sunday Trump claimed he had the “highest poll numbers in the history of the Republican Party” ...

https://globalnews.ca/news/4364806/donald-trump-polls-are-fake/

[Leith]

1. No Sense of Irony

not a single one of them.

[Garrett78]

2. So, I guess he's saying that the poll about his popularity among Republicans is fake.

Because never would Trump contradict himself.

What's sad is that I doubt his supporters even recognize the contradiction. What's even more sad is that polls do indicate that only GWB after 9/11 has been more popular among Republicans.

[RockRaven]

3. This asshole makes it hard to voice either agreement or disagreement b/c he's all over the place

I'd say it's by design, but that's giving him entirely too much credit for having foresight...

[struggle4progress]

4. The true believers hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest

[Initech]

5. He only likes polls if they kiss his ass.

Otherwise they're fake polls.