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Trump’s new demand for an “investigation” has critics sounding the alarm
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Trump’s new demand for an “investigation” has critics sounding the alarm

President-elect Donald Trump calls for an investigation into the famous pollster J. Ann Selzer of Iowa, whose final state poll incorrectly found the vice president Kamala Harris with lead.

“A totally bogus poll that has caused great mistrust and uncertainty at a very critical time,” Trump said he wrote on his Truth Social website on Sunday. “He knew exactly what he was doing.”

Selzer’s poll, published a few days before the election, found Harris with a three-point lead in Iowa.

Trump won the state by 13 points.

Selzer, who was known for her accuracy until this year’s miss, announced this weekend she finished with surveys and moving on to “other adventures”.

Trump shared the announcement and accused Selzer of “possible ELECTION FRAUD,” adding, “An investigation is fully called for!”

Trump has long pushed discredited and discredited claims of fraud over the 2020 election, which he lost. This may be the first time he has claimed fraud in an election he actually won.

Critics on social media warned that with the Justice Department at his disposal, Trump would soon have the power to conduct investigations like this one:

Nobody likes a sore winner. Donald Trump is calling for an investigation into pollster Ann Selzer after he released a bombshell poll in Iowa just days before the presidential election that showed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris ahead in the state by three points.

Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social)2024-11-18T02:11:25.730Z

Imagine being so insecure that:1. Win the election2. Win the popular vote3. Oamenii îți scandează literalmente numele de parcă ai fi Dear Leader… și tu tot vrei să mergi după un nenorocit de sondaj care a ieșit cu un sondaj prost? Sure, it’s fascist, but it’s also pretty damn sad.

Matt Separa (@mattsepara.bsky.social)2024-11-17T22:27:02.672Z

He will make an example of her for any woman in power. The power to make him look bad, like a loser. Any woman he sees as having more influence than him. He sees women as weak and easily bullied and pushed around. She did nothing wrong, and in fact, she was probably right.

Merry Miller (@monetpainter.bsky.social)2024-11-17T23:18:42.928Z