The good news in a new Washington Post Fact Checker poll is that most Americans don’t believe the various untrue claims that President Trump makes. Nearly two-thirds of respondents, for example, know that Russia tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, more than four times the percentage which said Russia didn’t.
Trump, of course, has consistently tried to muddy the water on that issue and, unsurprisingly, those who strongly approve of Trump’s job performance are about as likely to believe Russia didn’t interfere than it did. Even Republicans overall, by a 2-to-1 margin, accept that Russia tried to interfere.
There’s another group worth considering in this context: Those who identify Fox News as one of their main news sources. CONT.
Philip Bump & Emily Guskin, Washington Post