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Trump, his supporters, and the persistence of the ‘reality gap’

New polling shows Donald Trump as widely unpopular — as his supporters' understanding of current events moves further away from reality.

Ripped Donald Trump signs lay on the floor at a rally in Radford, Va., Feb. 29, 2016.Mark Peterson/Redux for MSNBC

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."