Greg Sargent: House GOP’s Pollster Tests Attacks On Pelosi’s Credibility Over CIA Mess, Finds They’re Working
The pollster for the House GOP leadership has conducted a poll to determine the effectiveness of one of the GOP’s leading attacks on Nancy Pelosi - that she wasn’t being truthful when she claimed the CIA lied to her about torture.
The poll, which I obtained from a source, found that it may be working. People believe that the CIA didn’t mislead Pelosi by a wide margin, 49%-27%.
The poll - which was conducted by longtime House GOP pollster David Winston - is interesting because it suggests that Republicans remain committed to this line of attack and are eager to gauge whether it’s effective in hopes of keeping it going. Here’s the question and the response:
Do you believe that the CIA did or did not mislead Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the use of waterboarding and torture?
Did 27%
Did not 49%
Don’t Know 24%
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