First, polls show Americans don't think Hillary is trustworthy. Then her campaign manager denies that such polls exist. Then her pollster denies that the campaign manager didn't tell the truth about it. Not exactly a formula to build trust.
On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough mocked Robby Mook for having, as our Jeff Meyer reported, denied the undeniable, claiming on yesterday's Face the Nation that "no poll" shows Americans don't trust Hillary. Said Scarborough sarcastically: "well, actually, yeah, they do. You have to respect him for saying they don't." When Scarborough confronted Hillary pollster Joel Benenson with the fact that Mook "didn't tell the truth," Benenson replied: "He did tell the truth. He got interrupted by John [Dickerson], who is a great guy. That's the way these shows go." Have a look at the clip: Dickerson didn't interrupt Mook, who had all the time to tell the truth and chose not to.
JOHN DICKERSON: The biggest problem for her is trust. The voters, and the polls have shown this, the voters do not trust her. How does she overcome that?
ROBBY MOOK: Well, first of all, no poll shows that voters don't trust Hillary.
DICKERSON: They don't find her honest and trustworthy.
MOOK: Well, no poll, no poll says that.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Well, actually, yeah, they do. You got to respect him for saying they don't.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: That was Robby Mook on Face the Nation yesterday. The polls do actually show a majority think that Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy. A reversal from her position just a year ago, when most voters did find her having those attributes. Joining us now, pollster Joel Benenson, senior strategist for Hillary for America and former senior strategist for Obama for America.
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JOE: You had a guy on yesterday on Face the Nation that didn't tell the truth. I just want to get this straight. You do understand she's upside down on who's honest and trustworthy. And again, the question is what does she do to turn that around?
JOEL BENENSON: First of all, he did tell the truth. He got interrupted by John, who's a great guy. But, you know, that's the way these shows go.
