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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: 68% of Americans find the "Go back" tweets offensive. 57% of Repubs agree with the tweets.
WASHINGTON A clear majority of Americans say President Donald Trump's tweets targeting four minority congresswomen were "un-American," according to a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll. But most Republicans say they agreed with his comments, an illustration of the nation's sharp partisan divide on issues of patriotism and race.
More than two-thirds of those aware of the controversy, 68%, call Trump's tweets offensive. Among Republicans alone, 57% say they agree with tweets that told the congresswomen to go back to the countries "from which they came," and a third "strongly" agree with them. All four lawmakers are American citizens; three were born in the USA.
That finding may help explain the reluctance of GOP leaders and most GOP members of Congress to castigate the president for tweets and comments targeting the congresswomen, liberals who are among his sharpest critics on Capitol Hill. Only four Republicans joined House Democrats on Tuesday in passing a resolution condemning Trump's comments as "racist."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/17/trump-tweets-poll-unamerican-offensive-partisan-divide/1748737001/
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)by the way:
THERE ARE CHILDREN IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)last nights Klan Rally is the true face of the Trump Campaign. We now have seen first hand what Germany and it's People saw in 1933.
True White Tribalism flew their Flag of Hatred last night in Greenville. If you ain't with us get out cause you are against us.
And I thought we would never see another George Wallace again in my lifetime. Wow,was I wrong. This POS is even worse.
Doodley
(9,126 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)So what did we learn today DUers?
13% of pukes have a small conscious and need to really know the Dem politician before going full on racist.