Well, this is awkward.
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said he does not trust the results of a new poll showing support for impeachment has declined to 45%, a drop of five points since the same polling firm conducted its last survey on the matter in mid-November.
The awkward thing is that the survey Toobin claims is not trustworthy was conducted by an independent polling firm for CNN. Oops.
“I don’t believe that poll for one second,” said the gobsmacked Toobin this week. The new survey also shows that support for impeachment among Democrats has declined to 77%, down somewhat from its earlier posting of 90%.
Asked Alisyn Camerota, “What part don’t you believe?”
“The 90 to 77%,” responded Toobin. “You know, it’s just I don’t believe it. Like, it makes no sense that that number would change like that.”
CNN political director David Chalian jumped in at this point to defend his network’s polling.
“I don’t know what’s not to believe,” said Chalian. “That’s what — you call people up on the telephone, you get their information, you pump out a survey. This is what those that we polled told us.”
“I get it,” Toobin continued in a half-joking manner. “But, I mean, you know, life has shown us that polls are sometimes wrong, and David, that poll is wrong.”
Perhaps the poll is wrong. Or maybe, like so many other polls right now, it is showing that the Democrats’ attempts to impeach President Trump are flailing.
“What do I know?” Toobin said half-jokingly at the conclusion of the polling truther segment. “I thought Hillary Clinton was going to win in 2016.”
That’s probably all he had to say.
