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.