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SHOCK POLL: Trump Approval Craters to 33% in New AP Poll, Whopping 67% Disapprove
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Still too high approval.
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That is the shocking part.
Not that shocking when you really think about it. Nixon had 24% approval when he resigned. Since then entire right wing media networks have been created specifically to ensure republicans don't have to suffer the same accountability. That's to say nothing of the countless bots on social media.
Think about how much money and influence is being focused on keeping Trump and the GOP palatable until the midterms, then remember that only 1 out of 3 people are actually being fooled into thinking he's doing a good job.
33% of Americans approve of:
Child trafficking and rape
Collapse of rule of law
Shifting the tax burden entirely onto the poor
Mass kidnappings of minorities and dissidents
The building of concentration camps
Illegally kidnappibg foreign leaders
Raping developing countries of their resources
Unnecessary, unprovoked and illegal wars of aggression
Bombing of little school girls
Genocide of Palestinians
Genocide of Hispanic Americans
Genocide of anyone not white
Rampant stagflation
Collapse of any semblance of the American dream
And that's just scratching the surface
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Trump will be remembered as the worst president in history.
He already was in 2020, but then:
His followers are now dead to those of us that have any semblance of a moral compass.
That's the difference between this time and last time. No more forgiveness, no more tolerance. It's time to use the big stick.
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We thought that the first time
But you forget that Harris would be just as bad. And she would eat Palestinian babies while she did THAT laugh!
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It's still wild as hell when I have a conversation with some reactionary centrist and just casually drop that in there that he's the worst president in history and I get this WellWhatAboutBidenOrKamala?! shit.
It's just mind-bogglingly stupid.
Sure, Biden is not perfect. Liberals have an entire litany of items they could go over. And he's also, {clutches pearls, gasps, gets the vapors, staggers to the fainting couch} old, ZOMG. And apparently now that's inherently bad as we employ the Fallacy of the Young, I guess?
But I would have been just fine with his staff Weekend'ing At Bernie's that guy over the option of this PEDOnald crime wave of a "presidency". Easily. Without question.
These people that start up with the "yeah, but I had to live under Obama, and I had to live under Biden, and you can suffer this, too" shit are just so very fucking stupid. I have no idea what cross they think they had to bear under either of those Presidents? They never seem able to articulate anything remotely cogent.
I have no idea what cross they think they had to bear under either of those Presidents? They never seem able to articulate anything remotely cogent.
That's because Fox News has been hooked up to their emotional reward center for three decades, and their Pavlovian emotional response is the entirety of their political belief system.
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1 in 3 still support convicted felon, religious extremist, suspected pedo and known war monger who oversees creation of ICE and extrajudicial killings (domestic and foreign) whilst screwing the majority.
Don’t forget rapist!
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db
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I don't think he's personally a religious extremist. Those are just the useful idiots he caters to and his handlers can exploit.
You have it backwards. Trump is the useful idiot by which the religious extremists are getting their agenda successfully implemented.
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I feel like if we put every current Trump supporter in prison, the rate for every single type of crime would fall by 90%.
33% of Americans are so fucking stupid. They're happy to hurt themselves knowing that democrats will also be hurt. It's weird and sick.
Catholics leaving the church because they follow that shitgibbon over the friggin POPE is insane. Really shows they didn't read that book they kept waving at everyone...
Also proves it’s a cult
Deprogramming is going to be painful. If at all possible.
They'll happily eat shit just on the chance that a liberal will smell their breath.
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33% of the US are traitors. Not just to the US, but all of humanity.
I've lived in a area thet is mostly red area from birth until about age 20....
It is absolutely stunning the level of ignorance from many (most) MAGA. The circle jerk eachother something fierce.
Traitorous is an appropriate word for many, but for many-also- they are so uneducated, so uninformed, so lacking in critical thinking and accurate up-to-date news that, for those people, they may as well be considered retarded; and are victim to the FOX et al news and media sources. I dont know how the nation will ever get this cohort to change, unless there is a concerted (and well effective I guess)effort to improve education and some sort of changes to cable news, Facebook news and other uncool places where these peoppe get their news.
The rural people problem......
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This happened to me yesterday and might help explain why his approval is still so high:
I'm in my 40s, sitting in a waiting room, waiting to consult with a doctor about the ol' snip-snip. The room is filled with aging boomers and gen-x of all walks of life. I mean, the next youngest patient in this room is probably 20-years my senior. Some random guy down the seat row on the other side of the room is talking to someone, presumably his wife but maybe an older female child, about mutual family and friends and the goings-on. I'm ignoring everything as usual until I hear, 'I know you don't like tRump...' My ears perk up.
He goes on to talk about finding these tRump coins online and inquires into whether some acquaintance of theirs, or their offspring, might like one. I can't really hear the woman's response, but she clearly doesn't want to talk about this now, in this place, and within easy earshot of every soul in the room.
He reiterates that he knows that she doesn't like tRump, but this is about someone else and if she thinks the coins might make a good gift. I still can't hear the whole response from the lady, but she mentions the AI Jesus post. Dude seemed clueless as to what she was talking about. He says, 'no, I hadn't heard about that'. She goes on to explain how much it upset people and the backpedaling he tried to do to sane face with Christians.
Here's a dude buying tRump coins as gifts like a dude might buy a sports team's merchandise, not knowing the shit that's actively perpetuated by that sports team. It's clear that most are not on tRump's Twitter clone for infantile adults, but likely only see the posts that some Facebook groups want them to see. Whatever echo chamber these people are siloed in is going to great lengths to isolate that 33% from the real shit tRump does.
I hear you and I want to acknowledge that people are complex and many otherwise good people are caught in these echo chambers doing or supporting bad things.
That said, it's no fucking excuse to not educate yourself and stay up on the news.
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The Muppet Line is 25%. Those are the people who are either so partisan, so misinformed or so dumb that there is no helping them.
We should be closer to the Muppet Line.
The Muppets have to be more liked than 25%
I love those little guys.
That is a far less fun concept than the name led me to believe.
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Who, exactly, is shocked by these numbers? Even Tucker Carlson is flipping.
You know you've fucked up as a republican when even Tucker won't back you anymore. I mean, that dude is the lowest of lowlifes and even he is like yo man this is too far...
What's shocking is that there are still 33 % of people who approve.
Have you met Americans? About 50% of the people in rural America that I grew up with are the dumbest people. Poor as crap, but keeps voting against their best interest. I'll never understand it
In my experience it's down to a horrid mix of tribalism, lack of education, and propaganda which further enflames the former two. How can folks better themselves if they can't even fathom that their so called leaders are the ones fucking them over. This is why gas price is so notable because it increases the price of everything and propaganda doesn't fill an empty stomach.
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1/3 people support the pedophile in chief. Lmao. Let that sink in. "Craters" lol
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There’s always a lag in polling though. He only just ordered that McDonalds door dash a week ago.
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Which still shows that 33% lack basic skills for poitical reasoning.
Aka Republicans.
The bar has fallen hasn't it? Dubya had a lower rating and he at least handled himself with more decorum than Trump even has the capacity for. This 33 needs to drop below 20.
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Only 33% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s overall job performance, down slightly from 38% last month.
Say wha? That's not slightly. That's a massive drop and breaking the barrier.
That's worse than Carter's low by 4 pts and outside the MoE.
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Of the economy. I’m sure his loyal ~38% is still in there overall, minus a blip for the gas prices.
Economy approval is at 30% according to this poll.
33% is overall.
Wow, I’m impressed that the ride-or-die overall 38% finally cracked.
The News:
New lows/highs in polling are definitely worth reporting, but we also shouldn't overinterpret individual polls. Nate Silver's approval tracker still has Trump at 39.3% approval, just below the 40% line.
So what I'm trying to say is: It's still much much worse than y'all think. High costs of living, cruelty towards immigrants and non-white citizens, blatant corruption, wars, and all that together doesn't even move the needle that much.
The last tanker of oil was said to have reached port a couple days ago. Our buffer is gone. Let’s see what happens. Will paper prices meet the real price? What about food prices? Next month should be interesting.
According to a recent CNN poll a full 75% of the country wants pedo Trump in prison.
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