This Fox News anchor just stood up to her co-host, becomes a hero #GirlBoss in our eyes
This Fox News anchor just stood up to her co-host, becomes a hero #GirlBoss in our eyes
Wednesday night, there was a pretty heated (and also HILARIOUS) exchange between a CNN anchor and Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump’s lawyer. This now-viral moment has got all of us talking a lot about ~polls~.
“Says who?” Donald Trump aide Michael Cohen questions polls that show the businessman trailing Hillary Clinton https://t.co/Ri6l5akJEC
— CNN (@CNN)
Later on that night, former White House press secretary and current co-host of The Five on Fox News, Dana Perino, also brought up polls. But in doing so, she did something pretty controversial, and also super honest, and we continue to love every second of it.
On the show, Perino’s cohost Eric Bolling claimed that the polls regarding the presidential race aren’t a good measure of the support for Republican candidate Donald Trump, and that attendance at his rallies is, in fact, a better indicator of how he’s doing.
“These polls, Dana, honestly, we have to stop with these polls. They’re insane with the polls.” Bolling explained. “Just look at what’s going on. You look at a Trump rally, and there’s 12, 15,000, 10,000 people, and then you look at Hillary Clinton and you have, I don’t know, 1,500, 2,000, but that speaks volumes to me versus a poll 82 days out.”
However, Perino disagreed — so much so that she cut Bolling off to say, “You can’t. You cannot believe, Eric.”
She cautioned, “It’s a real disservice to his supporters to lie to them that those polls don’t matter. You cannot take 12,000 people at a rally that are your definite supporters, they are going to show up the campaign, and then say the polls are wrong. It’s just not fair. It’s not fair to them.”
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Bolling maintained that polls taken via phone call aren’t an accurate representation of who will show up at the polls, or the enthusiasm of voters.
Later than evening, she took to Twitter to elaborate on her point of view, first telling her followers, “I will never lie to you.”
Getting a few things off of my chest cold: When it comes to political analysis, I make you a promise - I will never lie to you.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino)
Many of you write, wanting me to tell you GOOD things about the gop chances this year. I wish I could do that. But I WILL NOT LIE TO YOU.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 18, 2016
Perino then cautioned against the complacency that can come with dismissing polls — that complacency, she infers, loses elections.
In 2012, I fell for “the polls are wrong” mantra. I felt sick election night, realizing I’d been suckered into a fall sense of complacency.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 18, 2016
Perino went on to say that no matter what people say, she will not lie to her viewers.
Some of you call me Debbie Downer, Negative Nancy, or even Pollyanna. I’ve been called a Pragmatic Snob (is there such a thing?)
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino)
But I will not lie to you about the state of this race. I won’t do it. No amount of peer pressure digital or otherwise can move me.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 18, 2016
So I’m going to keep being a voice that says yes on the one hand but not the OTHER FREAKING HAND, the future of this party is at risk.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 18, 2016
Maybe you want the party to be at risk. maybe it SHOULD be at risk. But I won’t be a party to delusion that crowds > established polls
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 18, 2016
No matter what your political views, Dana Perino’s ability to stand up to her co-host and commitment to telling the truth is truly admirable.
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