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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 07:47 PM Jan 2021

Majority support conviction for incitement

BY BENJAMIN FEARNOW ON 1/25/21 AT 4:53 PM EST

... Monmouth University released their latest poll Monday which found a 56 percent majority of those surveyed are in support of the House's second impeachment proceedings against the now-former president. A nearly identical January 2020 Monmouth survey showed 53 percent supported his impeachment on those two charges of Obstruction of Congress and Abuse of power. Pollsters said there is "more agreement Trump did something wrong" in this current impeachment trial, where he faces one charge of inciting insurrection tied to his behavior leading up to the deadly Capitol attack.

Support for Trump being convicted by the Senate — something which did not occur on either charge during his first impeachment — is also supported by a majority of those surveyed between January 21 and January 24. But in terms of a partisan divide, this majority saw barely any Republicans or Independents coming on-board ...

https://www.newsweek.com/majority-americans-support-trump-conviction-role-capitol-riot-incitement-poll-1564279

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Majority support conviction for incitement (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2021 OP
Too bad Republicans don't care what the majority wants. Marius25 Jan 2021 #1
Independents Lean Right Even More So Now as More Folks Flee the GOP Because of Trump Indykatie Jan 2021 #2

Indykatie

(3,697 posts)
2. Independents Lean Right Even More So Now as More Folks Flee the GOP Because of Trump
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 08:05 PM
Jan 2021

They're still conservative they just don't like Trump.

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