Anti-Trump Pollster’s ‘Legs Are Shaking’ After Learning This About Trump And His Supporters
August 27, 2015 in News by RBN
westernjournalism.org | B. Christopher Agee
Already under heat for reportedly stacking a post-debate focus group with individuals critical of the GOP presidential front-runner, Fox News pollster Frank Luntz was recently forced to admit that his predictions for Donald Trump’s candidacy have been wrong.
Focus group participants largely trashed Trump’s debate performance, contrasting the gains he saw in subsequent national polls. Based on the anti-Trump rhetoric expressed by his hand-picked group, Luntz felt comfortable declaring Trump’s debate performance the “destruction” of his White House bid.
Frank Luntz says he was so stunned by focus group’s undeterred support for @realDonaldTrump, his legs were “shaking” http://t.co/8NkFMpjBA0
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In addition to the controversial Aug. 7 focus group, Luntz has made other critical comments about the candidate. The pollster allegedly told one GOP group that Trump is “addicted” to the attention he is receiving, and another one that he has turned “what we believe into a joke.”
When the brash billionaire’s lead failed to diminish, however, Luntz assembled a new focus group – this time populated by Trump supporters. His takeaway, Luntz told reporters shortly after the session concluded, was much different than after the previous event.
He explained that the group’s 29 participants gave a number of strong reasons for supporting Trump, including one man who said he feels “someone is thinking the same way I am” when he hears the candidate speak.
Other common terms used to describe Trump included “tough” and “charismatic.”
“You guys understand how significant this is?” Luntz asked at the subsequent press conference. “This is real. I’m having trouble processing it. Like, my legs are shaking.”
After re-evaluating his position, Luntz suggested the Republican Party should do the same.
“I want to put the Republican leadership behind this mirror and let them see,” he concluded. “They need to wake up. They don’t realize how the grassroots have abandoned them. Donald Trump is punishment to a Republican elite that wasn’t listening to their grassroots.”
