Michael Moore says Trump’s support is ‘off the charts’ and predicts he’ll win presidential election
FILMMAKER Michael Moore has warned that history could repeat itself because of President Donald Trump’s growing fan base in key battleground states.
The 66-year-old activist cautioned complacent Democrats about Trump’s support being “off the charts” in key states like Moore’s hometown of Michigan.
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“Are you ready for a Trump victory? Are you mentally prepared to be outsmarted by Trump again? Do you find comfort in your certainty that there is no way Trump can win? Are you content with the trust you’ve placed in the DNC to pull this off?” he wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday.
He continued: “I’m warning you almost 10 weeks in advance. The enthusiasm level for the 60 million in Trump’s base is OFF THE CHARTS! For Joe, not so much.
“Don’t leave it to the Democrats to get rid of Trump. YOU have to get rid of Trump. WE have to wake up every day for the next 67 days and make sure each of us are going to get a hundred people out to vote. ACT NOW!”
Moore claimed that recent polling points to the race for president tightening in swing states.
“When CNN polled registered voters in August in just the swing states, Biden and Trump were in a virtual tie,” he wrote in his post.
The August 17 CNN poll taken ahead of the Democratic and Republican national conventions found that 49 percent of registered voters in battleground states backed Joe Biden while 48 percent supported Trump.
“In Minnesota, it’s 47-47. In Michigan, where Biden had a big lead, Trump has closed the gap to 4 points,” said Moore.
Back in 2016, Moore was one of the few political commentators to correctly predict Trump’s election, which he credited to an “America First” message that resonated in states where traditional industries have shrunk.
The Fahrenheit 9/11 director warned that “Trump’s election is gong to be the biggest ‘f**k you’ ever recorded in human history.
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A post-RNC poll by Morning Consult released on Saturday shows Biden maintaining his lead over Trump, though the president gained ground on the former vice president after the party conventions.
An August 26 poll by CNBC-Change Research found that Biden currently leads Trump by three points in six battleground states.
In an August 20 poll, the Trafalgar Group found that support for Biden and Trump was tied at 47 percent in Minnesota.
