President Trump lashed out at Fox News on Tuesday after the channel flashed bad polling numbers for him.
He said their latest ratings are down because they spend too much time covering Democrats who attack him.
Mr. Trump, who is watching the election returns at the White House, said on social media: “Fox News Ratings are way down (27%!) because they’re spending too much time covering the Trump Deranged Dumocrats!”
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He continued, “All of those people who used to watch Fox, and no longer do, get it. It’s them, not me — My numbers are better than they have ever been. The new CNN Poll stated that ‘TRUMP’ is at 99% among Republicans and, among Republican Presidents, ‘TRUMP’ is at 53%, compared to Ronald Reagan at 18%, and Abraham Lincoln at 8%!”
“Fox knows this, and so does everyone else! Also, why is Fox Corp. spending so much money donating to the Worst of the Worst,” he said before ticking off several Democrats such as House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, Ted Lieu of California, Pete Aguilar of California and several national and state Democrat organizations.
“No wonder Fox News Ratings are collapsing, and they’re going to go down a lot further. They’re way down, not because of me, but because they are AGAINST me!”
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He said, “This happened once before, and Fox almost collapsed. It’s happening again!”
Mr. Trump railed against Fox News after seeing national poll questions the network flashed on the screen and the results of the channel’s polling.
The poll numbers included a majority of voters who were blaming Mr. Trump for higher prices, saying he was not a strong leader, that he was not fighting for “people like you,” that he did not have the mental capacity to serve effectively, that he put his interests before the country’s and that he did not have the right priorities.
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