There was a morsel of truth to Donald Trump’s 2016 claim that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing votes, a new poll has found.
According to a Florida Atlantic University survey, 46.8% of GOP voters said that Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue would not impact their vote. For those who plan to vote for the former president in 2024, 48% said no impact, while 29% of Biden voters said the same.
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” Trump told an Iowa crowd in January 2016. “It’s, like, incredible.” Seems like he was right…
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SubscribeI would like to see a list of early 2016 pollsters that predicted Trump winning, or even getting nominated, that year. Then we can ignore the rest.