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Scarborough In Disbelief Over ‘Unbelievable’ Polls Showing Trump Beating Biden, Panel Says ‘Big Warnings’ For Dems

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Brianna Lyman News and Commentary Writer
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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough was in disbelief Friday morning over a new poll showing voters trust Former President Donald Trump more than they do President Joe Biden on key issues.

A new Marquette University Law School poll found that amongst registered voters, 50% trust Trump to handle inflation compared to 27% who trust Biden. Fifty-two percent of those polled trust Trump on the economy compared to 28% for Biden, and more voters trust Trump over Biden on immigration and border security, creating jobs, and foreign relations.

Biden had higher trust among voters on issues of Medicare and social security, abortion policy and climate change.

“There’s been one poll after another poll after another poll this week that has shown that the Republicans are just absolutely bashing Democrats when it comes to issues,” Scarborough said. “In fact, Gallup had to pull a few days ago where they reported the largest gap between Republicans and Democrats since they started taking these polls. And despite the fact Republicans have a massive lead, we always go late. How can people still go along and Republicans to go along with Donald Trump?” (RELATED: Joe Scarborough Gets Into Testy Exchange With ‘Morning Joe’ Guest About Trump’s Gag Order)

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Co-host Jonathan Lemire chimed in, arguing Trump is weighing the GOP party down and that “if they had any other candidate here, I think there’d be real alarm among Democrats and the White House about what these polls are showing.”

“It’s a close race. We know that,” Lemire said. “But look at this. Republicans or Democrats on issues like inflation, the economy, immigration —these are 25, nearly 30 point margins creating jobs.”

“It’s unbelievable,” Scarborough added.

“Huge, huge numbers,” Lemire continued. “Now, the other way, Democrats, as you might expect, more trusted more on climate change, abortion policy, but policy, health care, Medicare and the like. But elections so often, Joe, as you well know, are decided on the economy. And these are big warning signs here. And certainly, there have been some other surveys and swing state voters, particularly among suburban voters who dislike Trump immensely but still really disapprove of how this White House has handled the economy.”

Scarborough had a similar reaction just weeks ago when a Washington Post/ABC News poll found Trump leading Biden by 10 points. Scarborough said there were “warning signs” and called it a “close race.”