CNN’s Harry Enten Bursts Liberal Bubble, Debunks ‘Losing His Base’ Claims [WATCH]

CNN’s lead data analyst Harry Enten pushed back against claims that President Donald Trump’s support among Republican voters is weakening due to renewed attention on the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The exchange took place during a recent broadcast of NewsNight with Abby Phillip, following commentary from former ESPN host Jemele Hill, who suggested that the president’s base was beginning to erode.

Hill alleged that President Trump’s handling of the Epstein matter had led to growing skepticism among his supporters.

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“This is the downside of the strategy that he has imported that got him elected. His entire strategy with the Epstein files was to try to give people the strong impression that this was Bill Clinton, this was Democrats, this was something that they were trying to hide,” Hill said.

She further claimed that Trump had made Epstein a central theme of his campaign, despite the topic not appearing in his official policy platform or major campaign priorities.

“And now that this is all turned on him, he won’t be able to convince his base that this is a transparent investigation at all,” Hill continued.

“You’ve convinced a lot of these people, part of your whole spiel is that the government isn’t to be trusted. And then you’re asking these same people to suddenly trust that this was all on the up and up… they’re just not gonna buy it.”

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Hill also remarked that she was surprised the controversy surrounding Epstein had generated more criticism of Trump than issues she characterized as involving “xenophobia” or “racism.”

Enten countered those assertions by pointing to the latest polling data, stating that President Trump’s support among Republicans remains strong.

“Look, I think for Trump it does feel a little bit like the Lady Doth protest a little too much, right? But when it comes to his approval rating with Republicans, it’s basically as solid as it ever was,” Enten said.

He acknowledged that public dissatisfaction exists across party lines concerning the limited transparency around Epstein-related investigations, but emphasized that this dissatisfaction has not translated into a measurable decline in Trump’s support.

“Everyone is dissatisfied with the amount of information that’s been released so far with concern of the Epstein files. Everyone thinks that there’s something more going on there,” Enten said.

CNN’s latest poll found that Trump’s approval rating among Republican respondents has climbed to 88 percent, up two points from the network’s previous poll.

According to Enten, the data indicates that the controversy has not negatively impacted the president’s base.

“I mean look, I think this one surprised me a bit because of all these complaints online going after Trump and the Epstein files, you might think his approval ratings were going down with Republicans. If anything, they’re going up,” he said.

Enten also referenced polling from Quinnipiac University, which recorded a similar trend.

That poll showed Trump’s approval among Republican voters increasing to 90 percent, up from 87 percent in the previous survey.

The same Quinnipiac poll had Kamala Harris leading in nearly every swing state in its final projection before the 2024 election—except Georgia.

“If anything, Donald Trump’s approval rating has gone up since this whole Epstein saga started. He is at the apex, or close there too, in terms of his popularity with Republican voters. Epstein files, complaints, or not,” Enten concluded.

CNN’s Audie Cornish responded to Enten’s breakdown of the polling data, saying, “You just proved that not everything online is real.”

The data presented challenges the emerging media narrative that Trump’s involvement in or reaction to the renewed focus on Epstein has damaged his political support among GOP voters.

On the contrary, polling from both CNN and Quinnipiac indicates that the president’s base remains not only intact but growing.