Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE cast doubt on general election polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE, calling those polls "phony."

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"I see some great polls — I see one from the Los Angeles Times, just came out, where were ahead by 4 or 5 points. I see one from CNN where we are down," the Republican presidential nominee told the crowd at a rally in Ashburn, Va., on Tuesday.

"I think these polls, I don't know, there's something about these polls, there's something phony."

He went on to hammer CNN characterizing the network as "negative all day long" and said the network's ratings will go down because he won't sit for an interview. Trump said CNN is asking for an interview with him for a documentary it's doing, but he will refuse.

CNN's poll from Monday night found Trump trailing Clinton, his Democratic counterpart, by 9 points , a 7-point bump from before the Democratic convention. But the USC Dornsife / LA Times Presidential Election Poll, released daily, found Trump with a 2-point lead on Tuesday.