Posted on 07/17/2018 9:24:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A new tracking poll from Reuters/ Ipsos Tuesday showed that rank-and-file Republicans not only continue to support President Trump, but refuse to believe hes doing anything wrong. The most galling number from the survey is: 71 percent of Republicans approve of Trumps handling of Russia. That support runs counter to much of the leadership of their own party, at minimum during the Helsinki summit. The poll was put into the field following the summit, so it should pick up any quiver of movement, but there still has not been a dip in GOP support for Trumps Putin-loving approach.
Overall, more than half of those polled (55 percent) disapproved of Trumps handling of Russia and agree (59 percent) with U.S. intelligence findings about Russian attempts to tamper with the 2016 election. But, also worrying, is the fact that only 32 percent of Republicans believe that Russia attempted to intervene in the election. Not that Russia had a preference for or collaborated with the Trump campaign; just that it attempted to interfere. The Democratic figures, predictably, are more or less the inverse of the GOP numbers. But the Republican support is pretty astonishing given the response to Trumps soft touch with Putin. It drew rebukes from all corners, including Republican lawmakers, Fox News hosts, and even Trump allies, like Newt Gingrich. But it still hasnt moved the needle, according to the Reuters poll....
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70%? I don’t believe that, unless you were talking to the George Will group of Idiots...
Fifty seven years after Eisenhower’s warning, Trump is finally pushing bsck. Our “frensh and alliesh” won’t like this a bit.
The remaining 30% are the RINOs.
I think you’ve got it backwards. The 70% are RINOs. The 30% are those that control the GOP and obstruct the MAGA agenda.
Until we accept the fact that the GOP is rotten to its core and act appropriately we will be abused by them.
The Hate Trump Bias in this Story is quite obvious.
They don’t even try to mask it anymore.
They must have to bite their tongues when they report favorable polls or news about him.
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