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Cont: The Trump Presidency, Part II
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It's nice that the President has taken a break from his feud with cable TV morning show hosts to encourage violence against the media. No wait... this is completely insane.
alfaniner
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To clarify -- that's an older clip from when he was working with professional wrestling. The update is putting the CNN logo over the guy's face as a contemporary joke.
Belz...
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...ooohhhkayyy...
alfaniner
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OH!! I didn't realize that was posted retweeted by The PDJT himself! That puts a totally different (and disturbing) spin on it.
(I doubt he'd have the skills to actually create the video himself.)
(I doubt he'd have the skills to actually create the video himself.)
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Craig4
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Can we please have a serious national discussion about the 25th Amendment now?
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That 6% of Democrats approve of Trump suggests there is a large margin of error in that poll.
For a while now - even before he won office - Trump's popularity with Republicans has been a big part of what unnerves me about all of this. I don't believe that he is a man of such incomparable charisma that he's gotten the vast majority of Republicans on board just by personal awesomeness. I strongly suspect that Trump is the kind of leader that most mainstream Republicans have been wanting for a long time. The alt-right might be the most vocal and vulgar of his fans, but they aren't getting him those sorts of approval ratings by themselves.
chrispy
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This is interesting. I agree, because his base is often referred to as being the "new" kind of Republican;tea-party, alt-right, uneducated. But with polling at that high a number with Repubs, it does indicate that somehow, someway he is gaining support from more "traditional" Republicans, the kind I thought would have jumped ship (such as many of the same age as my pops).
You're ignoring that his overall approval is still in the high 30's so overall number of respondents that approve of his performance isn't changing. This "increase in GOP overall approval" just shows that fewer respondents are identifying as Republican and his approval is higher with the shrinking group of self identified Republicans.
chrispy
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A reasonable response, and one I hope is true. But most polls are conducted using registered party affiliation, no?
Self identified. They are blind calls for the most part and request all identification information from the respondent.
Fast Eddie B
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As a data point, I'm still a registered Republcan and have found Trump repulsive from the get go.
The administrations inability to pass legislation is probably the cause of this. If BCRA, the bill formerly known as AHCA, passes, expect a freefall in approval.
will it?
I thought that a lot of the effects would hit some time down the road, and that people would be able to get cheaper, nearly worthless insurance, which would seem like a good buy until they need it.
BCRA makes a lot of the most unpopular parts of AHCA hit immediately. CBO estimated 15 million more uninsured in year one of it.
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