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There's nearly a Nixon '74 level of public support for impeaching Trump
CNN ^ | June 22, 2018 | Byron Wolfe

Posted on 06/22/2018 12:36:40 PM PDT by Rennes Templar

(CNN)There is a truly remarkable number in the most recent CNN poll, conducted by SSRS and out this morning.

In it, 42% of Americans say President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office. What makes it remarkable is that he's on par with President Richard Nixon, who 43% of Americans said should be impeached and removed from office in a March 1974 Harris poll. That was after the scale of Watergate came to light, but months before the House started to move against Nixon, who would go on to resign in August 1974 rather than be impeached.

Impeachment requires "treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors," according to the Constitution, which also lists it as the the only thing for which a President can't issue a pardon. Trump has bragged that he certainly has the power to pardon himself but won't need to use it. Nixon got a pardon from Gerald Ford, the man to whom he gave the keys to the White House.

The 43% supporting Nixon's impeachment in that Harris poll, by the way, is much higher than the 29% who supported impeachment for President Bill Clinton in 1998. Or, for that matter, the similar number who wanted Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush impeached. As CNN's Grace Sparks writes, there's basically "a baseline of pro-impeachment sentiment for a modern president" and Trump far eclipses it. So why aren't top Democrats clamoring to impeach Trump? To be sure, there are efforts on the outskirts of the party and in Congress, but they do not have the backing of party big wigs.

Most Democrats in Congress, for the record, have opposed efforts by Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, to bring the issue to the floor of the House.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2018polls; algreen; clintonnonnews; cnn; fakepolls; faknenews; gracesparks; impeachment; margarettalev; media; mediawingofthednc; msm; partisanmediashills; poll; polls; presstitutes; smearmachine; tds; texas; wildestdreams
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To: Rennes Templar

Fake News responding to polls saying the majority blame the parents for having their kids separated, not POTUS.


101 posted on 06/22/2018 1:53:35 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Lazamataz
conducted by SSRS and out this morning


102 posted on 06/22/2018 1:55:47 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Looks like SSRS has a long history of biased polls.

https://www.trigtent.com/usa/biased-ssrs-poll-tries-show-low-trump-approval-rating


103 posted on 06/22/2018 1:58:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Fake News Up to my Ass


104 posted on 06/22/2018 2:00:07 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: Skywise
President Trump could instantly raise an army of two million armed deplorables with a single tweet. Instantly.
 
105 posted on 06/22/2018 2:02:04 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Rennes Templar

Wanting a political opponent impeached without bothering to specify a legal reason is a moral self indictment.


106 posted on 06/22/2018 2:02:56 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Not A Snowbird

I call complete B S & utter hope on the part of our “media”.


107 posted on 06/22/2018 2:05:19 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Rennes Templar
Most Democrats in Congress, for the record, have opposed efforts by Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, to bring the issue to the floor of the House.

Because it will be CWII and Trump's supporters are the lazy ignorant lower class POS's with the guns.

108 posted on 06/22/2018 2:09:08 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: stylin19a

So, you’re not a fan of extra long ties.


109 posted on 06/22/2018 2:11:34 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: Rennes Templar

They are crazy, but not stupid. A successful impeachment would be the last straw for many (CW-2) and they know it.


110 posted on 06/22/2018 2:13:59 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: Rennes Templar

Impeach Trump and we’ll go back to the Obama years with high unemployment and bleak economy.


111 posted on 06/22/2018 2:17:15 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Lazamataz

The author found a fake poll he liked and then pretended what he wishes were true is “analysis.”


112 posted on 06/22/2018 2:18:43 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: Rennes Templar
CNN FAKE NEWS BULL$HIT!
113 posted on 06/22/2018 2:24:30 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Rennes Templar

Funny I never saw a poll asking if Obozo should have been impeached.


114 posted on 06/22/2018 2:24:47 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Rennes Templar

That was what I was going to ask.

Thanks.

More liberal pap.

5.56mm


115 posted on 06/22/2018 2:25:19 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Hyman Roth
Why post anything from CNN? They are a joke.

I used to tune into CNN on a regular basis over the past couple decades to see what the other side was thinking. It was actually helpful in forming a good opinion on a lot of different topics. However, in the last 2 years or so, they've literally become a joke. I believe they, along with MSNBC are solely responsible for the overwhelming climate of hate being spewed by leftists who used to at least try to sound reasonable. To say the left is unhinged, is an understatement.
116 posted on 06/22/2018 2:27:27 PM PDT by rickomatic
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To: Rennes Templar

Poor little snowflakes, triggered by the “CNN Sucks!” chanting at the rallies.


117 posted on 06/22/2018 2:28:15 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Rennes Templar

Push Poll


118 posted on 06/22/2018 2:29:13 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: Taiku
77% of Democrats believe Trump should be impeached.
Only 38% of Independents believe Trump should be impeached.
Only 9% of Republicans believe Trump should be impeached.

That works out to a 40% Dem, 40% Rep, 20% Ind weighting. So now we know CNN polled all Dems, and then lied about the affiliation of 60% of them.

119 posted on 06/22/2018 2:30:24 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Rennes Templar

They mean at CNN there is support for impeachment.

Normal Americans love the guy.


120 posted on 06/22/2018 2:31:27 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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