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applegrove

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Thu Aug 24, 2017, 04:57 PM Aug 2017

Republican Establishment Stands By Trump

https://politicalwire.com/2017/08/24/republican-establishment-stands-trump/

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“In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, The Atlantic reached out to 146 Republican state party chairs and national committee members for reaction to Trump’s handling of the events. We asked each official two questions: Are you satisfied with the president’s response? And do you approve of his comment that there were ‘some very fine people’ who marched alongside the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis?”

“The vast majority refused to comment on the record, or simply met the questions with silence. Of the 146 GOP officials contacted, just 22 offered full responses—and only seven expressed any kind of criticism or disagreement with Trump’s handling of the episode. The rest came to the president’s defense, either with statements of support or attempts at justification.”


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Republican Establishment Stands By Trump (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
This is yesterday's news. It's been 10 days. secondwind Aug 2017 #1
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