A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll tested eight false statements about the coronavirus pandemic and found that just 6% of Republicans believed each of them to be untrue, compared with 38% of Democrats.
And 46% of Republicans either believed or were unsure about at least half of the claims, compared with just 14% of Democrats.
Aaron Blake: A sobering poll on the GOP’s embrace of coronavirus misinformation.
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