Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

The demand, coming in the form of a cease and desist letter to CNN President Jeff Zucker, was immediately rejected by the network.

...snip...

"It's a stunt and a phony poll to cause voter suppression, stifle momentum and enthusiasm for the President, and present a false view generally of the actual support across America for the President," read the letter, signed by the Trump campaign's senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis and chief operating officer Michael Glassner.

The campaign formally requested that CNN retract the poll and publish a "full, fair, and conspicuous retraction, apology, and clarification to correct its misleading conclusions."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/trump-campaign-cnn-poll/index.html

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Anything to keep the boss happy...

[smb]

1. Imagine If Somebody Demanded Tweetolini Retract And Apologize For Every Lie He Tells

He'd never have time to do anything else.

[Fritz Walter]

57. Great minds think alike!

When I saw the story about this coward's tweet about Martin Gugino -- the protester in Buffalo who is just a year older than he is, but was seriously injured by two policemen -- my first thought was this tweet could be grounds for a libel suit. I'm sure his attorney is weighing that option. As well as demanding a retraction or apology.

Even if the lawsuit was unsuccessful, just filing it would wound the already battered and bruised ego of this coward. That alone makes it worth pursuing, in this layperson's opinion.

[tazmaniac]

68. My first thought too!!

[Chemisse]

2. Ahhhh. I needed a good laugh. n/t

[B Stieg]

3. "No reality too big to change!"

How can you lie to yourself so consistently?

[Thekaspervote]

4. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙃

[Native]

5. Once again thought this was the Onion, but NO.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. My exact thoughts as well.

They really don't understand that this isn't Russia and Trump isn't Putin (at least in theory).

[Native]

14. They can only aspire to be as clever as Putin.

[LymphocyteLover]

47. me three

it's hilarious as shit!

[Arkansas Granny]

21. I had to check the link myself to make sure. I can't tell what's what these days.

[aggiesal]

52. I have only one thing to say about this ...

[Stuart G]

67. OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC.....I really enjoyed that ...well done..rec to everyone..!!!!

[Guilded Lilly]

6. Things emanating from that campaign (and White House) tend to look like...

rejected script pages from a failed National Lampoon movie proposal.

[trueblue2007]

31. Trump is ANIMAL HOUSE personified!!

[Evolve Dammit]

69. he does exemplify Bluto (John Belushi). Mr. Blutoski, who had no grade point average.

According to roomates, they called him Diaper Don in college, as he would get so trashed.... Bluto was much more righteous however.

[Squidly]

91. Although...

His line about the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor is quite tRumpian....hehe

[central scrutinizer]

92. More like Doug Niedermeyer

Arrogant bully

[Evolve Dammit]

95. Wasn't he fragged by his own troops in Vietnam in the epilogue? That would be fitting.

[Guilded Lilly]

76. Except I love the Animal House cast :)

[jimlup]

7. This may seem stupid and laughable but it is nothing of the sort!

This indicates a very dangerous denial of reality that will likely persist through November 2020.

We have to be thinking out how to evict this guy once he's lost. He likely won't go willingly.

[Lonestarblue]

23. I'm more worried about activities to try to upset the election.

If he loses and it’s a clear case of loss, I don’t think Trump can do something like declare martial law over a lost election and get away with it. Some of his supporters might protest and try to start riots, but governors can call out the National Guard (at least Democratic governors, Republicans would let them riot because they’re white).

Trump will not remain until the end of his term. He can’t take the risk of staying to the end because Biden will not pardon him. He will need to resign by January 19 so Pence can be sworn in and pardon him for all federal crimes. Plus, that gets him out of suffering the humiliation of having to pose with the Bidens.

[flibbitygiblets]

48. Pence can't pardon him for state crimes.

...like he would pose with the winner, LOL, that was sadly amusing.

[jimlup]

61. My point is that the mindset of these people is

insane. We can't predict what insane people will actually do.

You are right and their strategy at the moment appears to be to squash as much of the vote as they can by whatever means they can. Just today in Michigan a conservative group sued the Secretary of State to have names thrown off voter rolls in 15 counties.

[FakeNoose]

45. I'm thinking drones might do the trick

Shut off all electric & water to the building, cancel his cable TV, shut off the wifi and phone.
Serve him an eviction notice by drone or robot. What the hell can he do then?

[Star-Thrower]

71. Hilarious

Hunker down in the bunker spouting gibberish having finally lost his mind?

[FakeNoose]

89. At that point, they can carry him out in a straight-jacket

[aggiesal]

56. Here's what needs to happen ...

On Wednesday January 20th, 2021, everyone is at the Capitol Building swearing in the 46th President ByeDON.

Once Biden is sworn in, Pendejo45 is no longer the pResident, he's just citizen Pendejo.
If he refuses to vacate the White House, President Biden then makes his first order,
which is for the Capitol police to remove citizen Pendejo and turn him over to the
State of New York for prosecution.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

[electric_blue68]

70. Indeed!

"...let me dream if I want to....".

I believe by the band Suicide

[Lock him up.]

78. Apparently, former POTUS have "some" Secret Service protection.

Will they "escort" him to Merda-largo?

Will they "protect" him after convictions up to inside NY State prison??

[aggiesal]

82. Imagine having that detail ...

He'll go to Club Fed, the infamous minimum security jail for rich high profile inmates.

[jmowreader]

83. They would never be able to put Trump in a regular prison

Trump has pissed off so many people, he'd be whacked on his first night in general population. It's Supermax for him.

[lame54]

60. Put a lock on his gate and leave him there...

Joe can run the country from elsewhere

[Dave Starsky]

100. God knows that White House is full of Russian listening devices.

We would have to build a new one anyway.

Just weld the fucking gate shut, cut his utilities, and leave him.

[LiberalLovinLug]

84. Yup, just a contination of The Big Lie strategy

They will continue to pound this narrative, along with Fox n Friends in all RW media, pushing fake polls that ask a disproportional percent of Trump cultists loaded poll questions. "Do you support a free enterprise Capitalist system that Republicans represent, or a government run Socialist system that Democrats represent?"

And these alt polls to wave around gives them ammunition to their base to also reject balanced factual polling.

It will be useful to get their own base out to vote. But even if they lose, they can use to claim voter fraud!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Omit needless words.

Source: A lawyer received a caustic response after complaining to the Cleveland Browns about fans' throwing paper airplanes during the team's home NFL games.

[renate]

62. I love this so much!

How have I never heard of this before? It's wonderful!

[JudyM]

66. Comedy gold.

[TNNurse]

79. Perfect response

[Mike 03]

10. LOL: This paragraph

Soon after the poll was released, Trump tweeted that he had hired Republican pollster McLaughlin & Associates to "analyze" the CNN poll and others, "which I felt were FAKE based on the incredible enthusiasm we are receiving." McLaughlin ranks as one of the least accurate pollsters in the industry, as measured by FiveThirtyEight.

]

[onecaliberal]

11. Is this real?

[PatSeg]

12. CNN: "We apologize if the recent poll we reported

upset President Trump." That's how republicans usually apologize!

[idziak4ever1234]

13. This is what authoritarians do... punish the media for stories they don't like.

[NYC Liberal]

15. CNN should respond with the "Cleveland Browns letter":

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cleveland-browns-letters/

[Guilded Lilly]

24. First time I've seen that. HA! (Daily laughs still save souls)

[OAITW r.2.0]

53. That is the funniest thing I've read today....thanks for posting! nt

[Brainfodder]

16. Dear Screaming toddler:

FAQ

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Funny how the momentum and enthusiasm isn't reflected in public opinion or the poll

White House is jonesing on their own delusional FAKE NEWS!

[Jirel]

18. Good luck with that, #BunkerBitch!

Seriously, how demented must he be to make this demand?

[bringthePaine]

19. who doesn't love the stench of fear in the morning?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

20. I actually LOL'd at this headline.

[Midnightwalk]

22. We apologize president trump is a loser. CNN and the world. nt

[Pisces]

25. They should have a side bar on all day with his poll numbers showing.

[ScratchCat]

26. This is for his base

His base lives in a myopic bubble and the purpose of this is two-fold: It reiterates that CNN is "fake news" and gives comfort to those who may be lead to believe he has little chance to win.

Keep in mind, it only takes a relatively small percentage of 2016 Trump voters to not vote in November for him to lose in a landslide. We know this because, in 2016, without the "inside straight", he would have lost by a wide margin anyway. So if only a few thousand people in a few States conclude they made a mistake and stay home, its not even a contest.

[Lock him up.]

80. That, and also consider all the new voters who were too young to vote in 2016.

Those who were born between 1998 and 2002. Got to register them. It's their future that's at stake.

Lock him up.

[mwb970]

27. I laughed right out loud when I saw this.

Apologize for publishing a poll that shows Biden ahead? OMG.

All of the polls from Fox "News" and every other pollster (even Rasmussen!) say the same thing. Must they ALL apologize? To whom? For what?

This may be the moment that the trump tragedy really, truly became farce.

[muriel_volestrangler]

28. "signed by campaign's senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis" - really worth sacrificing her credibility

both professional and personal - just to get the paycheck this year?

[Volaris]

39. Lol I was just going to suggest that some lawyer somewhere, doesnt like their law degree very much,

...to be willing to sign off on something this ridiculous.

[flibbitygiblets]

50. SOMEONE has to be the stupidest lawyer in America now that Cohen's been disbarred

[Volaris]

87. Is it ANY surprise whatsoever, that that person would work for trump?

Hold on, let me check my Surprise Meter...
Yep. It's at fucking zero.

[Permanut]

93. Good one.

[PatrickforO]

29. I guess some people are just stupid. It's just mind boggling. n/t

[cp]

30. Sure, we'll get right on it

Bunker Boy

[electric_blue68]

73. Yup

what a pathetic and dangerous pos.

[DemoTex]

32. Trump campaign demands Copernicus apologize for heliocentric system model ..

Clearly, everything (including the sun) revolves around the fragile, pusillanimous Trump.

[Collimator]

43. That does about sum it up, doesn't it?

Another thing that the lawyer's letter reveals is how well-versed Trump and company are in using the very tactics that they decry in the "fake poll" story.

As usual, the projection is strong with this one.

"It's a stunt and a phony poll to cause voter suppression, stifle momentum and enthusiasm for the President, and present a false view generally of the actual support across America for the President,"

Hey, that's OUR move! How dare you copy our methods!

[electric_blue68]

74. Imagines...

...Colbert reading that quote in his "Sarcastic Trump" voice!

[colsohlibgal]

33. Poor Baby

He behaves like an 8 year old and it’s going to get worse, as his poll numbers sink it will be tantrum after tantrum.

[Chicagogrl1]

34. What a fuc#%ng moron

Will the stunts ever end????? So tired of him & his moronic musings!!!

[Hassler]

35. Bwahahahaha! Go back to your bunker, boi.

[titaniumsalute]

36. Biden has led in every poll since 4/29 and that one was tied

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html

Lots of suing going to happen I guess.

[bucolic_frolic]

37. It is a clear signal they plan to win this election in the courts

So better prepare. DNC, better prepare and have a plan, and a war room, and game theory.

[tclambert]

38. Can some law firm send a cease and desist letter to Trump's lawyers demanding they stop sending out

frivolous cease and desist letters?

[SeattleVet]

40. CNN's response:

[usaf-vet]

41. I would hope the reply from CNN would be short and sweet.... Like FU!

Simple

[jalan48]

42. More stage setting for Trump's "rigged election" when he loses in November.

[Aviation Pro]

44. Comedy fucking gold

Thanks for the belly laugh, chucklehead.

[relayerbob]

46. I mean look at all the people in front of the White House showing their support of Trump

It's YUGE. We have crowds all over the country putting up signs saying how much they love Trump.

:sarcasm

[moonseller66]

49. Exactly what the hell does trump really do?

Hey trumphumpers, why did you elect a moron to just sit on a pot and tweet 18 hours a day for $400,000 a year with fantastic taxpayer-ed benefits, hire his unqualified kids to big bucks positions then complain about poor people on welfare?

If you were to tweet a hundred times a day, probably shitting on a pot, then worry about a round of golf and get paid for all that, how long do you think you'd be employed?

Please tell us ( in your one syllable vernacular or less) what the Pee-resident's job is, what he's resposnible for and why he is suppoed to do.

Hell, I bet any one of you could do that for a lot less...couple squirrels (them's good eatin' I hear), maybe dead possum or other road kill, jug of home made corn or even minimum wage (no benefits, though).

Why you support him is beyond belief. He doesn't drive a pick 'em up truck, hates dawgs, doesn't bowl, doesn't drink (moonshine would probably kill him), never hunted, doesn't know how to use an outhouse, can't stand and never gets being dirty, hates country music, has all his teeth, knows the best words (even more than 25, sort of), can't tell the difference between a 457 and Daisy Red Rider (or Super Soaker for that matter).

On the other hand (the one grabbing for your honey's stuff), he does like young blonde females, other men's wives (and daughters), watching Chuck Norris type movies, has a mouth and lips just made to blow him a tune over a jug and people who are so dumb they vote for him.

Crayons and toilet paper for your replies are available in the mezzanine (just ask - someone will show you what that is).

If any of this is too demanding, just ask one of your home-schooled spawn for help - well, maybe not.

P.S. Don't forget to bring your own pencil to the voting booth and remember to press it hard next to his name (Help is available for reading and understanding impaired)

[aggiesal]

51. ABCNNBCBS should read the letter on the air just to show how pathetic it is ...

I'm sure Pendejo45 demanded this from his campaign attorneys.

El Grande Pendejo!

[Salviati]

54. What a fucking snowflake

Does baby need a participation trophy?

[fierywoman]

55. I quickly scrolled down, it's not The Onion ?!?!?!? Schadenfreude time.

[Bayard]

58. He said WHAT!?

[diva77]

59. Yet another reason to use the 25th Amendment. This is a distraction from the # of COVID deaths

as well as everything else.

[C Moon]

63. 100,000's of people protesting, governors and mayors working against him, leaders from his own party

abandoning him, and he still believes he's winning.

[LiberalFighter]

64. Posted that and the excerpt to my FB page.

I also indicated the excerpt was edited to correct the title. Instead of President I replaced it with Idiot.

[KPN]

65. Just fucking wow! And when I've seen it all already no less.

Who are these people who bow to this MF'er? They certainly are not Americans patriotic to the United States' founding principles or Constitution.

This is a disturbing time we are living in.

[rocktivity]

72. Sounds like a gig for the official DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartet!

rocktivity

[TNNurse]

75. They prefer fake news, they cannot handle the truth.

[Historic NY]

77. pOUND SALT DONNIE

[Scalded Nun]

81. What a joke. The only thing in his life he has ever retracted are his wedding vows.

[Cha]

85. & CNN tells the BLOTUS campaign to FO

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13575501

[mahatmakanejeeves]

86. Official response from CNN General Counsel to @TeamTrump 's letter demanding CNN apologize

Ohhhhhhhhh yeah that’s the stuff

Link to tweet

Official response from CNN General Counsel to
@TeamTrump
‘s letter demanding CNN apologize for a poll that shows
@JoeBiden
leading.

Link to tweet

[Blue Owl]

88. It was past little Donny's nap time

Poor little toddler gets so cranky if he doesn't get his milk break and nap

[LudwigPastorius]

90. Madness and delusion...

The amazing part is that there are people who are so willing to carry out every stray thought that escapes that tiny, broken tyrant's brain like a fly leaving an overflowing outhouse.

[sarcasmo]

94. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[ck4829]

96. Kick

[melm00se]

97. Hey Bob...Hey Sally

can you come over and take a look at this shit?

It looks like we made the big time!!!!

[CRK7376]

98. Please help me stop laughing!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah and then some!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

99. Poor snowflake

[Amy-Strange]

101. Move along, there's nothing new here...

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Everyone's a narcist to some degree (otherwise we'd all be dead), but this guy takes it to a whole new freakin' level.
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