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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore Americans blame Trump for government shutdown: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More Americans blame President Donald Trump than congressional Democrats for the partial U.S. government shutdown, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, as the closure stretched into its sixth day with no end in sight.
Forty-seven percent of adults hold Trump responsible, while 33 percent blame Democrats in Congress, according to the Dec. 21-25 poll, conducted mostly after the shutdown began. Seven percent of Americans blamed congressional Republicans.
The shutdown was triggered by Trumps demand, largely opposed by Democrats and some lawmakers from his own Republican Party, that taxpayers provide him with $5 billion to help pay for a wall that he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexico border. Its total estimated cost is $23 billion.
Just 35 percent of those surveyed in the opinion poll said they backed including money for the wall in a congressional spending bill. Only 25 percent said they supported Trump shutting down the government over the matter.
Forty-seven percent of adults hold Trump responsible, while 33 percent blame Democrats in Congress, according to the Dec. 21-25 poll, conducted mostly after the shutdown began. Seven percent of Americans blamed congressional Republicans.
The shutdown was triggered by Trumps demand, largely opposed by Democrats and some lawmakers from his own Republican Party, that taxpayers provide him with $5 billion to help pay for a wall that he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexico border. Its total estimated cost is $23 billion.
Just 35 percent of those surveyed in the opinion poll said they backed including money for the wall in a congressional spending bill. Only 25 percent said they supported Trump shutting down the government over the matter.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-poll/more-americans-blame-trump-for-government-shutdown-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1OQ1FA
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More Americans blame Trump for government shutdown: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Original Post)
spanone
Dec 2018
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dubyadiprecession
(5,711 posts)1. That news might make our whiny, crybaby president wet his pants.
spanone
(135,836 posts)2. Here's how much republicans couldn't give a shit about out of work federal employees....
from the article:
Democratic Representative Jim McGovern tried to interrupt the brief Republican-run session in the House of Representatives by offering a measure to reopen shuttered government agencies and keep them running through Feb. 8. But he was ignored and his microphone was soon cut off. The House session lasted less than three minutes.
That was a legitimate request and I should have been recognized, McGovern told reporters later. They wouldnt even recognize me. This is the way theyve been running this place.
That was a legitimate request and I should have been recognized, McGovern told reporters later. They wouldnt even recognize me. This is the way theyve been running this place.
mickswalkabout41
(145 posts)5. They cut his mike off
So yeah. Lets see how they deny that one. Blame it on Obama. Or maybe it was deep state. Pizza anyone?
duforsure
(11,885 posts)3. trump's losing on this issue
And will drag all the republicans down to hell with him , and this is helping the Democrats win by even larger numbers in 2020. He's also hurting his followers the most, and he's digging his own grave now.
mickswalkabout41
(145 posts)4. Shocking
As he said it live on tv...repeatedly, out loud. With words. In English