Trump slams Paul Ryan for jumping ship by bragging he won 'every' post-debate poll

Hillary Clinton has accused Donald Trump of living in an "alternate reality" in her attacks against him, and it appears she might be onto something:

Since Monday, Trump has repeatedly lashed out at House Speaker Paul Ryan for withdrawing support from the campaign. Still, that doesn't make what Trump said true; he did not win the debate in "every poll." In fact, he lost it according to the professionally-conducted CNN/ORC poll, Politico/Morning Consult poll, and YouGov poll, to name a few.

Nevertheless, following the second presidential debate Trump bragged about his wins in unscientific online polls such as a Breitbart poll that showed him victorious in the debate by a margin of 90 to 10:

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Trump has often cited online snap polls as evidence of his superior performance, although such polls many times can't be trusted.