Donald Trump supporters are just making up data now to make him look good.

Results from a “shock” poll shared by one of Donald Trump’s surrogates started trending on X Monday, telling 1.4 million people that the Republican presidential nominee was gaining ground on Vice President Kamala Harris in New Mexico.

But none of it appears to be real.

MAGA ally Richard Grennell, who served as the acting director of national intelligence during Trump’s administration, posted the sourceless numbers to his X account, claiming that Harris only had a three-point lead on the former president in the battleground state. But that alleged narrow lead made light of other recent surveys, including one published in the Albuquerque Journal on Monday, which showed Harris with a  nine-point lead, three times more than Grennell suggested.

Trump surrogates are literally fabricating polls at this point to make their supporters think a victory is inevitable,” wrote Democratic strategist and pollster Matt McDermott in response to Grennell’s post. “No poll shows this in New Mexico.”

  • FuglyDuck
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    335 hours ago

    So… it’s the same as he’s always done?

    remember when he was surprised he actually won in 2016?

    • Optional
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      175 hours ago

      I remember Melania cried. Not the happy kind.

      • @shalafi
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        22 hours ago

        Say what? There’s video of her in Trump Towers celebrating with everyone else at the announcement. Trump was the one with his head in his hands.

        • @shalafi
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          2 hours ago

          Yes. He looked. Not her.

      • @cabron_offsets
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        54 hours ago

        She thought she might have to take leave of the pool boy.

        • @AbidanYre
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          3 hours ago

          Well she didn’t move to the Whitehouse until several months after Don.