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(146,217 posts)11. Poll: Too many GOP voters back authoritarian vision under Trump
A new national poll found 57% of Republican voters endorsing the idea of Donald Trump "taking action ... without waiting for Congress or the courts.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/poll-many-gop-voters-back-authoritarian-vision-trump-rcna147012
Trump also signaled an interest in seizing control of government departments and agencies that have historically operated with independence, enacting radical anti-immigrant plans, using government powers to crack down on journalists, and hiring right-wing lawyers who would be positioned to help Trump politicize federal law enforcement and exact revenge against his perceived political foes.
This authoritarian vision didnt appear to have any meaningful effect on the former presidents support within his party, as evidenced by the fact that he easily won nearly every primary and caucus he competed in. Did Trump excel despite his desire for a radical power-grab or because of it?
The Washington Posts Aaron Blake summarized in his latest column:
Polling on the GOPs appetite for a more powerful chief executive has been slow in coming. But it has been coming. And the emerging picture is that Republicans are remarkably on-board with a president who isnt answerable to Congress and the courts significantly more so than Democrats. And perhaps as significantly, very few Republicans seem to strongly object to the idea.
The Associated Press reported this week, for example, on the latest national AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey, which found that 57% of Republicans endorsed the idea of Trump taking action on the countrys important policy issues without waiting for Congress or the courts......
The obvious problem, of course, is that too much of one of the nations political parties is moving away from democracy and the American system of government. But it also helps explain recent events in GOP nominating contests.
The more radical Trump became, the more his critics pointed to the former presidents authoritarian vision. It was against this backdrop that much of the Republican base effectively said in response, Sounds good. Sign us up.
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I'm convinced there's a contingent who don't just hate us & want us to suffer, they want to kill us.
CrispyQ
Apr 11
#113
It goes far beyond policy issues. I have no problem hating people who want to kill or enslave me simply because I am:
Celerity
Apr 10
#27
No matter how insane and "death culty" these motherfuckers get. You'll always
Carlitos Brigante
Apr 11
#127
Trae is fabulous! I grew up in Kentucky right on the state line north of Clarksville
yellowdogintexas
Apr 11
#109
Daughter of a Bronze Star Original Antifa and niece of a double Purple Heart Original Antifa
yellowdogintexas
Apr 11
#104
I hoped he would leave too but I think we're stuck with him so long as the media give him air time and he has
LoisB
Apr 10
#26
It stands to reason that since they hate themselves, they hate each other, they hate people who are
louslobbs
Apr 10
#60
The last redistricting was horrendous. What they did to TX 5 just blew me away
yellowdogintexas
Apr 11
#111
What I can't figure out are the people constantly whining about Democrats being too nice,
betsuni
Apr 11
#82
I'm in Tennessee, too. I'll keep voting but this political environment here is a nightmare.
SharonAnn
Apr 11
#91
Growing up all I ever heard from my Dad was him saying " dirty, stinking, lousy republicans".
kimbutgar
Apr 11
#92
Republicans are the cause I lost 43 people I knew, worked with, learned with and my brother.
Traurigkeit
Apr 11
#116
more than Metro Nashville? I knew they tried to mess with Memphis/Shelby County
yellowdogintexas
Apr 16
#130