CNN Guest Dismisses Growing Trump Support, Says Pollsters Are ‘Talking to Imaginary Black Folks’
A guest on CNN, Angela Rye, criticized recent polls suggesting that former President Donald Trump is gaining support from black voters, claiming these polls are unreliable and may be based on ”imaginary” respondents. She noted that while polls show Trump’s support among black voters has increased—from 12% in 2020 to as high as 26% in recent surveys—she doesn’t trust their accuracy and suggested that some individuals may be paid to voice positive opinions about Trump. Rye expressed skepticism about the validity of such polls, referring to the respondents as “invisible” and questioning who they are. Some black men in Georgia have reportedly expressed genuine support for Trump, citing economic policies and personality factors. Rye dismissed these polling results, calling them misleading and unrepresentative of actual voter sentiments.
A CNN guest on Wednesday night dismissed polls showing former President Donald Trump drawing increased support from black voters, claiming some were “paid” to back the former president.
Trump, who garnered 12 percent support from black voters in 2020 according to a CNN exit poll, exceeds that level of support in recent general election polls by CBS, which shows the former president getting 17 percent, and Fox News, which has 26 percent. Commentator Angela Rye claimed that pollsters were talking to “imaginary black folks” when asked about polling by CNN guest host Pamela Brown.
“I don’t make anything of these polls that are talking to imaginary black folks. I would love to know, for one, who they’re talking to, because I’ve not seen them anywhere,” Rye claimed.
The Fox News poll, released August 14th, was conducted August 9th-12th with a 3 percent margin of error, while the CBS poll, released August 18th, was taken from August 14th to 16th and has a 2.1 percent margin of error.
“I think that they are, you know what, they might be the invisible man that Ralph Ellison talked about in his book,” Rye continued. “I don’t know who these people are. There was a Trump ad that was released, I believe today, that’s targeting black women voters. And there are these people who allegedly exist all throughout the country, and they’re reading scripts. You can see their eye-line going over here. And I think some of them might be paid to say some of these things. I’m not sure.”
Black men in Georgia expressed support for Trump, citing economic policy and his personality in a recent Sky News segment. Other voters told The New York Times in July they were sick of “pandering” from Democrats, calling it “insulting.”
“I’m not giving any credit to these polls. Polls end up being wrong all the time and I’ve seen polls that say 15 percent, 19 percent, 18 percent of black folks,” Rye said. “I don’t believe it at all. I really don’t.”
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