A new Rasmussen poll to be published Monday morning shows a majority of Democrats still believe the Russia collusion hoax, even though it has been debunked repeatedly.
Astonishingly, 60% of Democratic voters still think “the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election”, according to the poll of 1,014 Likely Voters conducted on July 6-7.
A whopping 69 percent of liberal voters still cling to the Russia collusion hoax, compared to 27 percent of conservatives, and 45 percent of moderates. Among all voters, more believe it unlikely (49 percent) than likely (42 percent).
The fact that liberals and Democrats still believe in the hoax is likely a reflection of their preferred media outlets, such as the New York Times, which refuses to hand back its ill-gotten Pulitzers, and MSNBC, which pays discredited plotters such as former CIA director John Brennan and former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissman to act out their Trump derangement on air.
Young people are almost as deluded, with 56 percent of 18-29 year olds, believing Trump-Russia collusion was likely and 35 percent who think it was unlikely, while the rest aren’t sure.
The numbers are about even for 40-49 year olds and flip to the rational for 50-64 year olds, just 31 percent of whom believe the hoax while 60 percent don’t.
On the recent CIA review that revealed that Obama administration officials, including then-CIA Director, John Brennan, “manipulated intelligence” about Russia to “get Trump,” Rasmussen found that 49 percent of voters agreed with the findings, while 35 percent did not.
Nevertheless, 57 percent of voters said officials who were involved in the manipulation of intelligence to “get Trump” should be criminally prosecuted, while 26 percent disagreed, and 17 percent weren’t sure.
Finally, 53 percent agreed that “What the intelligence community did to Donald Trump is a bigger scandal than Watergate”, while 38 percent disagreed and 9 percent were not sure.
The stubborn persistence of the Russia hoax goes to prove the adage: “A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.”
This story originally appeared on NYPost
