Trump ridiculed after 'devastating' Fox News poll shows him trailing Joe Biden -- in four ex-Confederate states

President Donald Trump was ridiculed on Thursday after Fox News released a new poll showing the president trailing Joe Biden in four Southern states.

In Florida, Trump trails Biden by nine percentage points. Biden is up by two percentage points in Georgia and North Carolina and one percentage point in Texas.

Following the publication of the poll results, Fox News personalities attempted to make excuses for Trump's poor showing.

Here's some of what people were saying about the survey results: