A third of Biden supporters believe it is credible that Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Trump was staged and there was no intent to kill Biden, according to a Morning Consult poll.
The poll found that 33% of Biden supporters said they were willing to believe this troubling conspiracy theory, a higher percentage than the overall public, compared with just 20% of those polled who said they believed the theory.
A majority of voters, 62 percent, found this belief to be unfounded. according to For morning consultation.
NEW YORK: A shocking poll taken this week found that 34% of registered Democrats believe President Trump staged an assassination attempt on himself on Saturday.
The Democrats have a big problem with Blue Anon, which is a much bigger problem for the right than Q Anon is.https://t.co/cU2P4YkVbi
—Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) July 18, 2024
This worrying conspiracy theory has also been given credence by mainstream left-wing voices like MSNBC's Joy Reid. (Related: Joy Reid says Democrats are 'panic-ing' over Biden's 'very weak' debate performance)
“What is the actual injury on Donald Trump's ear under the bandage? Shouldn't we know by now? Strange,” Reid speculated in a video posted to her 1.9 million Twitter followers.
“We still don't know for sure whether Donald Trump was hit by a bullet, whether he was hit by glass, whether he was hit by shrapnel. We don't know those details,” Reid argued.
MSNBC's Joy Reid has suggested that Trump may not have actually been hit by a bullet, suggesting the entire attack may have been staged. pic.twitter.com/w1IVFlNov6
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 18, 2024
A slow-motion video of the shooting shows a bullet passing through the top of Trump's ear.
Video shows bullet piercing President Trump's ear! pic.twitter.com/qzfsJ0u52V
— ARMSLIST.com (@armslist) July 18, 2024
But the video evidence didn't stop Reid from spreading the unfounded conspiracy.
“We don't know why Donald Trump was allowed to stand for nine seconds when there was a gun battle going on. At that point it was announced that the shooter was down, so how did they know if there were more shooters? No one knew. There could have been five shooters. And yet they allowed him to stand in the middle of that crisis, to have his picture taken, to have his fist raised for an iconic photo,” Reid said.
