Poll: Majority of Americans Think Comeys Dismissal Was Not Appropriate

[riversedge]

Source: nbc




May 11 2017, 5:18 pm ET


A majority of Americans — 54 percent — think that President Donald Trump's abrupt dismissal of FBI Director James Comey was not appropriate, while 46 percent think that Comey was fired due to the Russia investigation, according to results from a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll.





A strong majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaners (84 percent) and Independents who do not lean toward either party (61 percent) say that the firing was not appropriate. Among Republicans and Republican-leaners, 79 percent approve of the move, while 13 percent say it was not appropriate.

Overall, 46 percent of Americans think Trump's decision to fire Comey was related to the Russia investigation. About a quarter, 24 percent, believe Comey's removal was due to his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, and 22 percent said it was something else.

Partisans disagree, however, on the rationale behind Comey's firing. A majority of Democrats (67 percent) think his handling of the Russia investigation was the cause of President Trump's decision, whereas a plurality (43 percent) of Republicans say it was due to the Clinton investigation.

A majority of Americans (54 percent) agree that allegations of improper contact with Russian government officials by Trump campaign advisers represent a serious issue that should be investigated. Four in ten think the allegations are more of a distraction.
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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majority-americans-think-comey-dismissal-was-inappropriate-n758106

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We have to let a few days or weeks go by and I think this will increase.

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[C Moon]

1. They'd better believe it, because there's a coup in the works.

[mr_lebowski]

2. They should really break up 'Hillary Emails' into 2 separate categories ...

Because there's very much 2 separate 'issues' there.

1) Comey suggested Hillary shouldn't be prosecuted over her dreaded 'private email server' (that dozens of her detractors in Congress over this very matter ... had/have themselves to this day), or
2) That Comey informed GOP'rs in Congress just days before the 2016 election that the FBI was looking at some emails found on Weiner's Computer (or wherever it was).

These are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT thought-processes and 'angles' if you will, being carelessly brought together under one rubric in order to give them an apparent mathematical 'weight' ... vs. the glaringly large 'because of Russia' number.

There should've been 2 categories, not 1.
1) Due to lack of Comey's recommendation to prosecute Clinton over her private email server
2) Due to Comey's exposure, just days before the election, that new emails related to Clinton probe were being looked at by FBI.

I realize that very few INTELLIGENT people would've 'voted' for option 2 there, but ... is everyone in the US all that intelligent when it comes to these matters? Of course not. These are two totally separate 'mentalities', though, that shouldn't be grouped into 1.

[mdbl]

3. so looking at that poll

Repuglicans are NOT the majority of Americans. How the F do they keep ending up in control?

[truthisfreedom]

4. Gerrymandering. Plain and simple.

[oberliner]

5. The more telling figure: 80% of Republicans believe Comey's firing was appropriate

Come on, Republicans.

Edit to add: Who the hell are the 13 percent of Democrats who thought it was appropriate?