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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: 74 percent of Americans say former Trump officials should obey congressional subpoenas
President Trump's recent posture of blocking former White House officials from appearing on Capitol Hill in response to subpoenas from congressional Democrats is unpopular with the vast majority of the public, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll.
Nearly three-quarters of registered voters, 74 percent, said they believe that former senior White House officials should be required to testify before Congress when they are subpoenaed, according to the poll. Just 26 percent said they believe that former officials should not have to testify.
Majorities of every demographic group sampled in the May 24-25 poll came down strongly against the idea of allowing ex-White House officials to evade congressional subpoenas. Even Republicans, by a margin of 61 to 31 percent, said that former administration officials should testify before Congress when they are asked to appear.
Independent voters overwhelmingly said that former senior White House employees should submit to congressional subpoenas, with 73 percent in support and 27 percent not. Among Democrats, 87 percent said former administration officials should testify while 13 percent said otherwise.
Voters who called themselves conservative also supported the idea, with 71 percent of respondents who said they leaned conservative in favor of the former officials testifying and 56 percent who called themselves strong conservatives agreeing.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-74-percent-of-americans-say-former-trump-officials-should-obey-congressional-subpoenas/ar-AACrzPb
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Poll: 74 percent of Americans say former Trump officials should obey congressional subpoenas (Original Post)
Vidal
Jun 2019
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DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)1. Dem matra should be: no one is above the law
rinse and repeat
Vidal
(642 posts)2. yes until they are sick of hearing it and every American
knows that Trump is a stone cold criminal and should be in prison
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)8. +1
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)3. Most people do believe in obeying laws.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)4. Need to keep pounding that home
Skittles
(153,193 posts)5. it would be 100% if a Democrat was president
kentuck
(111,110 posts)6. 26% believe it is OK to break the law?
That just about explains the "Trump base"...
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)7. Yes, Kentuck, that was my first thought, too
So 26% are ok with breaking the law. That would be the 26% who would be for armed insurrection if glorious leader were removed from office. And you know what is really disturbing? They vote!