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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,455 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 08:08 PM Apr 2019

A majority of Americans oppose impeachment. Most also say Trump lied to the public.

By Dan Balz and

Scott Clement

April 26 at 3:00 PM

A majority of Americans say they oppose calls for Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the wake of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the president sought to interfere with the probe, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Thirty-seven percent of Americans favor starting the process that could lead to impeachment, a slight dip over the past month, while 56 percent say they oppose the idea, about the same as a month ago.

House Democrats are grappling with the question of how to proceed in light of Mueller’s findings and the public release of the redacted report, which detailed multiple examples of potential obstruction of justice.

The new survey highlights the dilemma faced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other leaders in her caucus: While party leaders have sought to tamp down impeachment talk, worried that engaging in such a process would backfire in the 2020 elections, their political base supports it.

Roughly 6 in 10 Democrats say they support the initiation of such an investigation in the House, with 53 percent saying they hold that view strongly. Meanwhile, nearly 9 in 10 Republicans oppose impeachment, with 78 percent strongly opposed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/majority-of-americans-oppose-impeachment-but-majority-also-says-trump-lied-to-public/2019/04/26/116869ca-66d8-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html?utm_term=.d484887a25b4&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

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A majority of Americans oppose impeachment. Most also say Trump lied to the public. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 OP
They buried the lead. DURHAM D Apr 2019 #1
+1, the article also doesn't give the historic perspective that Nixon had a 43% impeachment uponit7771 Apr 2019 #4
Call your reps... BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #2
6 points away from Nixon impeachment, not that far off relatively speaking. I wish these kind uponit7771 Apr 2019 #3
Let's get a few hearings out there and then see what the temperature is. nt UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #5

DURHAM D

(32,617 posts)
1. They buried the lead.
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 08:13 PM
Apr 2019
Roughly 6 in 10 Democrats say they support the initiation of such an investigation in the House


uponit7771

(90,371 posts)
4. +1, the article also doesn't give the historic perspective that Nixon had a 43% impeachment
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 08:28 PM
Apr 2019

.. support and now Red Don has around 40-ish.

To your point, it looks like America wants more info ... and we should get it

uponit7771

(90,371 posts)
3. 6 points away from Nixon impeachment, not that far off relatively speaking. I wish these kind
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 08:27 PM
Apr 2019

... of articles would put things in perspective.

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