Trump demands investigation of pollster who showed Iowa lead for Kamala Harris

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Published 8:04 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2024


WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for the investigation of an Iowa pollster over a bombshell pre-election survey that showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading in the deep red state. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump blasted the Nov. 1 poll results for causing "great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time."

"She knew exactly what she was doing," Trump wrote of pollster J. Ann Selzer, 68, who announced her departure from political polling on Sunday.

Trump defeated Harris in Iowa by 13 points, 56% to 42.7%. But in the waning days of a pressure cooker campaign, Selzer's poll for the Des Moines Register, part of the USA TODAY Network, outraged the GOP and gave Democrats false hope ahead of what turned out to be a national Republican rout.

Trump on Sunday described the poll as "possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited 'newspaper' for which she works," adding, "An investigation is fully called for!" Survey errors aren't known to violate criminal statutes. Asked if Trump was calling for a criminal investigation of the pollster, spokesman Steven Cheung replied: "President Trump was very clear in his Truth Social post."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/17/trump-investigation-ann-selzer-iowa-poll-kamala-harris/76389559007/

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Stochastic terrorism.

[LymphocyteLover]

1. He's nuts and evil but it is still a curious question-- what happened there?

Did she make a bad assumption in her methodology? Normally she's very reliable.

Or was she accurate and this was done before the fix was in?

[Botany]

3. She was accurate and the fix was in! End of story.

That election was as honest and real as the snow on a Hallmark Christmas show.*

Very soon the truth will be treated like the fact that Hitler’s grandmother was Jewish
but if you said so you were in a world of hurt.

* In my fucked up mind this was the dirtiest election ever and Harris probably won in
a landslide.

[LymphocyteLover]

14. I hope someone can find some damn proof!

[kerouac2]

2. Pretty soon, everyone will be afraid

To say or do anything that doesn't support him for fear of investigation. Pollsters, media, judges, you name it. This is how he controls elected officials. This is how he keeps those he has assaulted from speaking out. Wouldn't be surprised if this iowa pollster retires.

[Hugin]

12. She already did on Sunday. n/t

[Demovictory9]

16. Yep

[Strelnikov_]

4. "National Republican Rout"

Not quite.

[Karadeniz]

5. She needs to find a way to sue him....hes trying to ruin the reputation of

someone who published her methodology, that
method has a history of accuracy.

[Irish_Dem]

7. She cannot sue him. He is POTUS and immune from everything.

The most she can hope for is to stay alive and find work in another profession.

[onenote]

15. Of course she can sue him.

He doesn't have immunity for things he does before he was president.
But its not clear what she would sue him for.

[MichMan]

11. She missed it by 16 points

[Irish_Dem]

6. Trump knows the pollster was 100% accurate.

She of all people knows the election was rigged.
He must destroy her.

[dchill]

8. That's how I read it, too.

[Irish_Dem]

9. She has the statistical proof that the election was stolen.

He must destroy and discredit her and fast.

[Blue_Tires]

18. I remember the absolute tantrum Donnie threw on Truth Social when that poll was out

so that's how I know it was real...

And I'm still waiting to hear any explanation how a reliable and reputable pollster was SIXTEEN(!) percentage points off the mark ten days before the election...

[PunkinPi]

10. Well, she just quit as a pollster, but said her "decision predated the erroneous results"...

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/media/iowa-pollster-ann-selzer-retire-trump-harris/index.html

More from Selzer here: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2024/11/17/ann-selzer-conducts-iowa-poll-ending-election-polling-moving-to-other-opportunities/76334909007/

[Irish_Dem]

19. Her life and career are on the line.

She has proof Trump cheated to win the election.
So she is going to find another job and keep her mouth shut.

[William Seger]

13. Fascist Theory of Justice: Opposing the state is a crime; the state has total immunity

[returnee]

17. Sure, let's do a recount while we're at it. nt

[Blue_Tires]

20. We're to the point where King Donnie is literally making up

laws as he goes along... You know, like an autocratic despot does.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. What a miserable little cry baby brat

He won and STILL he isn't being treated fairly?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Why?

You won Donny Dipshit. Why are you still butthurt?

[Katinfl]

23. In the end, what the hell does it matter?

So she was wrong…..over ,done, finished. Case closed.