09-26-2019, 10:36 AM
(09-26-2019, 10:20 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I mean the diehard Trump supporters. They aren't gaining any more power. Nobody who wasn't is going to become one. I'm not convinced the Senate Republicans won't kick him out if it gets to them. Not out of any nobility, but because he's a burden.
They won't, and here is why: https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx
Trump approval ratings among Republicans are consistently in the mid-80s to low-90s. Republicans in the legislature are scared of moving against Trump because he is popular among their base. They may know he is wrong for the country, and their party, but those running for reelection are more concerned about keeping their seat and not being primaried from the right or abandoned by their base in the general election. He is a burden to them personally, but supporting him is a boon to them politically.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
