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Maddow Blog-The weird reason Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Trump has a '90% approval rating'
Why does the House speaker think the president’s approval rating is “skyrocketing”? Because from his perspective, Democrats literally don’t count.
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We aren't even people to this predator protector... I wonder if he's just protecting himself? A 90% approval rating??? There's a trade war on reality! #TheRosesAreOnFire! 😞☠ï¸âš°ï¸ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡²
— Roxy🚲☮ï¸ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡²ðŸ¦ (@1voicenotsilent.bsky.social) 2025-07-18T19:28:58.867Z
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/weird-reason-speaker-mike-johnson-claimed-trump-90-approval-rating-rcna219651
This came to mind watching House Speaker Mike Johnson make a related pitch on CNBC.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3luaiq67bm52j
“His approval ratings are skyrocketing,” the Louisiana Republican said, referring to Trump. “CNN had a story, I think a day or two ago, he was at a 90% approval rating. There’s never been a president that high.”
......But if we take a closer look at the same CNN poll, it showed the president’s approval rating with just Republican voters at 88% — near the 90% figure that Johnson referenced.
And therein lies the point: The House speaker pitched a seemingly ridiculous figure, not just to deceive the public, but also because from his perspective, Democrats literally don’t count.
This comes up in GOP politics with unnerving frequency. When Trump celebrated the House vote on the party’s far-right domestic policy megabill, the president said it passed with 218 supporters, and only two opponents. In reality, it passed 218-214, but 218-2 figure was correct if one pretended that Democrats didn’t exist.
He did this in his first term, too. After Trump’s first impeachment, there was a Senate trial, and on the first article of impeachment, 48 senators voted “guilty,” while 52 voted “not guilty.” The president declared soon after, “In the Senate, other than Romney, we got 52 to nothing.”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3luaiq67bm52j
Link to tweet
“His approval ratings are skyrocketing,” the Louisiana Republican said, referring to Trump. “CNN had a story, I think a day or two ago, he was at a 90% approval rating. There’s never been a president that high.”
......But if we take a closer look at the same CNN poll, it showed the president’s approval rating with just Republican voters at 88% — near the 90% figure that Johnson referenced.
And therein lies the point: The House speaker pitched a seemingly ridiculous figure, not just to deceive the public, but also because from his perspective, Democrats literally don’t count.
This comes up in GOP politics with unnerving frequency. When Trump celebrated the House vote on the party’s far-right domestic policy megabill, the president said it passed with 218 supporters, and only two opponents. In reality, it passed 218-214, but 218-2 figure was correct if one pretended that Democrats didn’t exist.
He did this in his first term, too. After Trump’s first impeachment, there was a Senate trial, and on the first article of impeachment, 48 senators voted “guilty,” while 52 voted “not guilty.” The president declared soon after, “In the Senate, other than Romney, we got 52 to nothing.”
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