During a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) attempted to criticize the department using a visual aid — but ended up highlighting her own mistake instead.
Stansbury presented a placard featuring results from a recent Quinnipiac poll that allegedly showed most Americans disapproved of DOGE and its high-profile overseer, Elon Musk. However, the numbers on the board totaled 110 percent, rather than 100 — a glaring math error that didn’t go unnoticed.
Rep. Brian Jack (R-GA) was the first to point it out.
“The poll behind you, behind our ranking member, it adds up to 110 percent,” Jack noted. “Just wanted to clarify, is it meant to add up to 110 percent or is that an error?”
Stansbury appeared caught off guard.
“This is from a Quinnipiac poll that was held two weeks ago, and this is the data that was provided,” she responded. “There’s a wealth of information, including information about Donald Trump’s falling poll numbers. So you should take a look.”
The mistake appeared in the “disapprove” category, which the placard listed as 67 percent. The actual number from the poll was 57 percent — inflating the disapproval total by 10 points.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who had already clashed with Stansbury earlier in the hearing, was quick to pounce on the error.
“The gentleman yields, and it still adds up to 110 percent!” Greene said. “That’s a fake poll right there!”
The moment quickly spread online, with critics accusing Stansbury of undermining her own argument by presenting incorrect data in such a public forum.
