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Majority oppose policy that causes family separation, but Republicans approve
GOP "leadership"
It's been dead for some time now, and this episode puts the final nail in the GOP coffin of supporting "family values".
The fail-safe solution? Don't vote for any Republican candidate in 2018 and 2020.
Related: Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Blast Family Separations at Border
Republicans Were the Only Group in This Poll to Support Trump's Family Separation Policy
GOP "leadership"
6/18/18
Two-thirds (66%) of Americans disapprove of the Trump administration's practice of taking undocumented immigrant children from their families and putting them in government facilities on US borders, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Only 28% approve. But among Republicans, there is majority support for the policy that has resulted in an uptick of children being separated from their families. The separations are the end result of the administration's "zero tolerance" policy of criminally charging people who cross the border illegally. The new poll numbers follow harsh criticism that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are receiving after implementing the new policy. The controversial policy does have support in subgroups, particularly among Republicans, 58% of whom approve of it. Outside the GOP there is much less support. Just 5% of Democrats and 27% of independents approve. Approval for the President on the issue of immigration specifically is at an all-time low in CNN polling. Only 35% approve of the way Trump is handling immigration, down from 40% in March, and 59% disapprove, up from 55%. More people disapprove of his handling of immigration (59%) than of any other issue.
It's been dead for some time now, and this episode puts the final nail in the GOP coffin of supporting "family values".
The fail-safe solution? Don't vote for any Republican candidate in 2018 and 2020.
Related: Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Blast Family Separations at Border
Republicans Were the Only Group in This Poll to Support Trump's Family Separation Policy