Transcript: Fox in Meltdown over Booing of Trump as Polls Turn Brutal

Wiles: Yeah, I think it’s important to note at the same time that just because he’s down doesn’t mean we should take this for granted. Last cycle we saw billions of dollars being poured into a PR campaign to support him and prop him up. And the normalization of Trump happened at every level of the ballot, where people felt like, maybe he’s a businessman, the economy is an issue, we should potentially trust this person.

And even though we’ve seen since then that that has been proven wildly false and to not be a good idea, it doesn’t mean that once the Republicans spin up their machine again, they won’t have a lot of forces naturally working on their behalf again. So from our perspective, we want to make sure that people actually vote and they have the ability to vote and are equipped to vote, understand how, and that we can turn this disapproval and dissatisfaction with the administration into tangible election results.

Sargent: Just to build on what you’re saying a little bit, there’s tremendous institutional investment in propping up Trump, basically. Fox News is an enormous organization. It’s an enormous propaganda outlet. There’s going to be hundreds and hundreds of millions spent, maybe a billion dollars, by outside groups between now and election day, trying to push up those numbers, trying to take the edge off his disapproval.