Trump ‘in Denial’ of Fox News Polls That Show Biden Leading

By Staff, Agencies

US President Donald Trump refused to accept the results of Fox News polls that showed the Democratic presumptive nominee, Joe Biden, in the lead, describing the surveys as "fake", while speaking with news anchor Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.

Trump suggested that he is "not losing", implying that it is too early to draw conclusions.

“First of all, I’m not losing, because those are fake polls,” Trump said in a Fox News Sunday interview. “They were fake in 2016 and now they’re even more fake. The polls were much worse in 2016".

Fresh Fox News polls published Friday saw Biden leading by 8 points over Trump, 49-41 percent. Similarly, polls in 2016 showed Trump far behind Hillary Clinton which did not prevent an astonishing Republican upset.

In light of these numbers, Trump refused to directly answer a question asking if he would accept the election results if he loses.

"I have to see. Look, you – I have to see. No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time either", Trump said.

Noting that his campaign has its own polls that show Trump leading the race "in every swing state", he criticized the Fox News polls.

“Whoever does your Fox polls, they're among the worst. They got it all wrong in 2016. They've been wrong on every poll I've ever seen", he declared.

Trump tweeted examples of his polling numbers being "just fine", referring to his response to anti-racism protests turning violent.

Trump's reluctance to accept that he might be shut out of the White House comes not long after former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested that the president may not leave "quietly". She also said it was a "fair point to raise" when asked about the possibility of Trump undermining the elections and refuting the mail-in ballot if he does not like the results.