CNN data analyst Harry Enten warns Dems' Epstein attack on Trump is backfiring and 'turning into a dud'

WASHINGTON, DC: CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten took a jibe at Democrats on Monday, August 11, saying their campaign to use s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case against President Donald Trump is “turning into a dud.”

Enten discussed the polling during a segment with anchor Kate Bolduan, telling her that Democrats’ efforts to tie Trump to his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case had failed to do any real damage.

Harry Enten says public interest in Jeffrey Epstein case has sharply declined

Harry Enten said on August 11, "This is, from at least a political point of view, quickly turning into a dud of a story."

"Take a look here, Google searches for Epstein down 89% versus just three weeks ago, falling through the floor! It is no longer the top term searched alongside Donald Trump’s name," he added.

Enten further said, "That’s been trading off between tariffs and Vladimir Putin with obviously the meeting coming up later this week. But at this particular point, the American people’s interest in this story, it’s quickly becoming something of a nothingburger."

Meanwhile, Kate Bolduan questioned him on overall polling and asked whether there was any indication that support for Donald Trump was waning in reaction to his administration’s handling of the case and the related files that have not yet been released.

The CNN data analyst replied, "No, not really. I mean, take a look here. Let’s take a look at the overall numbers. Trump’s approval rating in July of 2025, it was 45 percent."

"It’s still well within that margin of error here at 44%. And you compare that to where he was in his first term at this point, he was at 37 percent. So he’s seven points higher, very much in a different political universe now, significantly higher in terms of his overall approval rating than he was at this point in his first term," Enten added.

He further mentioned, "And more than that, among Republicans, his approval rating is near a record high, hovering right at about that 90 percent mark. So no, he hasn’t lost any of that base. And when it comes to that center of the electorate, he’s basically holding on there. And his overall approval rating, 44 percent, is pretty gosh darn good for him, considering where he was at this point in term number one."

Internet sides with Harry Enten, calls Epstein case a political 'nothingburger'

Several internet users sided with Harry Enten after he said that media and Democrats’ campaign to use Jeffrey Epstein’s case against President Donald Trump is “turning into a dud.”

A user wrote on X, “The media continue to overplay their hand against Trump and get.... nowhere,” while one added, “Yep…it was big because people wanted attention/clicks. The country does not care.”

A person also stated, “They are so mad,” whereas one mentioned, “It was always a nothingburger amplified online by foreign bot farms.”

A user also wrote, “Epstein went from headline news to political nothingburger so fast, it’s like someone ordered the McCover-Up Combo,” while one commented, “LOL. Panicans and Dems on watch.”

A person added, “lol do they even believe their own lies?”

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