POLL: Majority Don’t Believe Trump’s Lies About Virus

The Daily Beast reports:

A clear majority of the American public, including self-identified Republicans, do not believe the disinformation that President Donald Trump keeps pushing around the spread of coronavirus.

A full 73 percent of respondents, including 75 percent of Republicans, said that it was not true that “anyone who wants to get tested can get tested.” Just 17 percent said it was true. Only 20 percent of the public, and just 25 percent of Republicans, said that they believed a vaccine will be available soon.

Forty-two percent said that was false and 38 percent said they did not know. Just 26 percent of respondents said that they agreed that “getting people back to work is more important than social distancing” while 69 percent said they disagreed.

Read the full article for more results.

This is fascinating. https://t.co/fGmvrRPh7R

— Molly Jong-Fast? (@MollyJongFast) March 29, 2020