President Trump claimed without evidence Tuesday that he is “leading in the polls” as he sought to push back against rising calls for impeachment from Democrats amid a burgeoning controversy over his July call with the leader of Ukraine.
“I think it’s ridiculous. It’s a witch hunt,” Trump said of the impeachment calls as he arrived at the United Nations in New York. “I’m leading in the polls. They have no idea how they stop me. The only way they can try is through impeachment. This has never happened to a president before.”
Recent national polling has shown Trump trailing former vice president Joe Biden and several other Democrats, while polling in several battleground states has not presented a much brighter picture for the president. CONT.
John Wagner & Scott Clement, Washington Post
Recent polls: 2020 presidential election