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Johnson’s 90% Approval Claim Lacks Context on Trump’s Nationwide Rating

Multiple fact-checks found the figure applied only to Republican voters with overall approval around 42 percent.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the Capitol on May 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Overview

  • On CNBC’s Squawk Box, Speaker Mike Johnson asserted that CNN reported a 90 percent approval rating for President Trump without specifying it referred to GOP respondents.
  • Crooks and Liars, The Dispatch and Mediaite issued swift fact-checks labeling Johnson’s statement misleading due to its omission of partisan scope.
  • A CNN survey conducted July 10–13 showed 90 percent approval among Republican voters compared with a 42 percent approval rating across all respondents.
  • A Quinnipiac University poll released the same day echoed the partisan split with 89 percent of Republicans approving of Trump’s performance versus 40 percent of the general electorate.
  • Data from the mid-July Strength In Numbers average places Trump’s overall approval at 42.6 percent against a 53.5 percent disapproval, marking a new second-term low.