Late night host Stephen Colbert said the deal between ABC News and President-elect Donald Trump was “stupid” Wednesday night. after criticizing the president-elect’s decision to impeach former Iowa pollster Ann Selzer.
“Why is it such a stupid thing? This happened so stupidly. I guess it’s because of stupid things that ABC did. Look, this weekend, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million and issue an apology to settle a defamation lawsuit,” Colbert said.
ABC News agrees to pay $15 million in charitable donations to President Trump Foundation along with issuing an apology to the president-elect
“If the president thinks he can bully the media into not talking bad about him, And what else will happen?” Colbert said, then changed the subject.
Late night host Stephen Colbert called on ABC News on Wednesday to reach a resolution with Donald Trump. (Screenshot/CBS)
IOWA POLLSTER ANN SELZER suggests her information could encourage Republican voters to prove the information is incorrect.
Shortly after he ended his deal with ABC News, Trump also sued Iowa pollster Ann Selzer. and the Des Moines Registry. On the subject of the Iowa poll. It found Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by three points in historically red states.
“Now is it an intervention just to make the prophecy wrong? In this case, Punsatawney, Phil, you’d better be a lawyer, Buttercup, if you ever want to see your shadow again.” Kolburn RT joked about the case.
The lawsuit was filed Monday night in Polk County, Iowa, under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. and related provisions said the company tried “Taking responsibility for the shameless election interference committed by the Des Moines Register (DMR) and Selzer” in support of now-defeated former Democratic candidate Kamala Harris through the use of the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa that leaked and was manipulated Conduct a poll By Selzer and S&C and published by DMR and Gannett in the Des Moines Register on November 1, 2, 2024.”
Trump beat Harris in Iowa by 13 percentage points, a Selzer poll that drew criticism from the media before the election. This is because her election predictions in previous elections have been historically accurate.
President-elect Donald Trump is suing Iowa pollster Ann Selzer. and the Des Moines Registry. About the Iowa poll that found Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by 3 points in the historically red state. (Hannah Bayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Selzer responded to her critics and the poll during a recent interview, but admitted she still doesn’t know where she went wrong.
“I didn’t come here to share any news. If you hope I know the exact reason why this is happening, I don’t. It keeps me up at night and I think, Maybe I should check this. This is something that would be very strange if it happened. But we have explored everything. With an unprecedented move for transparency Bringing my waiting and analysis system online And I don’t need to update it because it’s pretty much complete. Yeah, I wish I knew.
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Selzer continued. “I am amazed at how motivated everyone is. It is thought that I have and will conduct public opinion polls like this. I do not understand and the accusations I take very seriously. They say this is election interference. which is a crime, therefore, the idea that I intend to respond to When I’ve never done that before I’ve had many opportunities to do that. That is not my ethics.”
