Biden's hit on Trump over 'suckers' and 'losers' report backfires with independents: focus group

President Biden's attempts to attack former President Donald Trump over allegations he called military members 'suckers and losers' appeared to backfire on the president, with independent voters part of a Fox News Digital focus group disapproving of what was said. Biden slammed Trump over an Atlantic report that Trump had called military members who had died in battle 'suckers' and 'losers.' Trump has repeatedly denied the report.

But as Biden was speaking, the real-time approval from Fox News' Digital's focus group bottomed out from Republicans and independents, while remaining high for Democrats. Trump said the phrase was not accurate. 'First of all, there was a made-up quote, suckers and losers. They made it up. It was in a third-rate magazine that's failing, like many of these magazines. He made that up. He put it in commercials. We've notified him.

As Trump spoke, approval from Republicans and Independents shot back up, while dropping for Democrats.

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