{"id":15235,"date":"2025-05-04T20:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=15235"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:27:50","slug":"dont-talk-over-me-fox-contributor-ben-domenech-steamrolls-fellow-panelist-to-make-a-wildly-incorrect-claim-about-trumps-poll-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=15235","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t Talk Over Me!\u2019 Fox Contributor Ben Domenech Steamrolls Fellow Panelist to Make a Wildly Incorrect Claim About Trump\u2019s Poll Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News contributor\u00a0<strong>Ben Domenech<\/strong>\u00a0clashed with Democratic strategist\u00a0<strong>Leslie Marshall<\/strong>\u00a0during a tense exchange over immigration on Sunday\u2019s edition of\u00a0<em>Media Buzz<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The duo\u2019s argument centered around President\u00a0<strong>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0immigration approval ratings as he passes the 100-day mark of his second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-1\">Domenech\u00a0claimed\u00a0Trump\u00a0was performing well on immigration in the polls, but the claim is not supported by any recent surveys.<\/p>\n<p>Host\u00a0<strong>Howard Kurtz<\/strong>\u00a0opened the discussion by acknowledging Trump\u2019s low polling numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is down in the polls, and no, they\u2019re not fake, and there\u2019s a lot of them,\u201d Kurtz said.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall\u00a0said Trump was underwater with Americans on a number of issues she said would linger even if he were able to turn the economy around.<\/p>\n<p>Domenech responded by defending Trump on immigration and deportations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cited the president\u2019s deportation policies,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s literally, in almost every poll, the most popular thing that he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-2\">Marshall replied, \u201cIf I am not with the majority of Americans, the majority of the polls would not be in agreement with me, which they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you\u2019re wrong,\u201d he replied. \u201cThere\u2019s not a single poll where he\u2019s underwater on the immigration issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall attempted to bring up Latino voters\u2019 views, but Domenech interrupted her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are not going to lecture the Latino member of this panel on this and say that you know what the Latino community is saying about this! You are dead wrong!\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t talk over me! You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about, okay?\u201d That\u2019s just crap!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall tried to explain that in her view, some Hispanic voters supported Trump\u2019s vow to deport criminal migrants but did not expect the policies to affect families in their own communities.<\/p>\n<p>But recent polling showed Domenech\u2019s claim to be wildly incorrect. A CBS News poll found 51% of Americans disapprove of Trump\u2019s handling of immigration, while 49% approve. The gap was even wider in the most recent\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\/ABC News\/Ipsos\u00a0poll\u00a0conducted April 18-22 \u2014 which found Trump at 46% approval versus 53% disapproval on immigration. The\u00a0AP had a similar finding, with a 46-53 split against Trump.\u00a0CNN came in at 45-54, with the majority disapproving of Trump\u2019s handling of immigration.\u00a0And even a Fox News poll\u00a0conducted April 18 to 21 found Trump with 47% approval and 48% disapproval on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via Fox News.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News contributor\u00a0Ben Domenech\u00a0clashed with Democratic strategist\u00a0Leslie Marshall\u00a0during a tense exchange over immigration on Sunday\u2019s edition of\u00a0Media Buzz. The duo\u2019s argument centered around President\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0immigration approval ratings as he passes the 100-day mark of his second term. Domenech\u00a0claimed\u00a0Trump\u00a0was performing well on immigration in the polls, but the claim is not supported by any recent surveys. 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