Tag: Trump supporters

Trump’s racist rants follow a pattern. Even his supporters are tired of it.

The following article by Sam Fulwood III was posted on the ThinkProgress website November 20, 2017:

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump tapped out a series of angry Twitter posts attacking black athletes and celebrities. If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The president has gone after LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jemele Hill, and countless others — all in the past few months.

Notice something? There’s no mistaking the fact that the subject of Trump’s ire are all prominent African Americans. It’s no coincidence that Trump makes a sport of attacking black celebrities, especially those who have been outspoken against his policies or behavior in office. Continue reading “Trump’s racist rants follow a pattern. Even his supporters are tired of it.”

People who approve of Trump do so *because* of his behavior in office, not despite it

The following article by Philip Bump was posted on the Washington Post website August 29, 2017:

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Since it’s a poll in August 2017 about the presidency of Donald Trump, a new offering from the Pew Research Center includes plenty of bad news for him. Trump’s approval rating is at 36 percent, about where other polls have had it, and while Republicans generally side with his policy goals, most Americans do not.

But buried in the poll is a fascinating detail that helps explain a lot of what we’ve seen over Trump’s seven months in office. Those who think he’s doing a good job mostly think that because of his abnormal behavior, not despite it. Continue reading “People who approve of Trump do so *because* of his behavior in office, not despite it”

Increasingly Large Majority of America Is on the Same Negative Page About Trump, Except for His Hardcore Republican Base

The following article by Steven Rosenfeld was posted on the AlterNet website August 24, 2017:

A hothead who inflames racial divides and fails leadership tests.

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Voters who are standing by Donald Trump, led by three-quarters of Republicans, are a defiant but shrinking minority of a national electorate that increasingly sees Trump as a failing political and moral leader, and an untrustworthy and unstable individual.

That’s the takeaway from a national poll of 1,514 people by Quinnipiac University taken after Trump’s embrace of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. The findings are a stunning indictment of a president who cannot readily be removed from office despite deep national misgivings. Continue reading “Increasingly Large Majority of America Is on the Same Negative Page About Trump, Except for His Hardcore Republican Base”

Declaration of Independence tweets confuse Donald Trump supporters

The following article by Mike Molly was posted on the London Telegraph website July 5, 2017:

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NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence and caused confusion  CREDIT: NPR / TWITTER 

The Declaration of Independence has caused confusion on Twitter after some Donald Trump supporters appeared to interpret the text as an attack on the president.

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In Congress, July 4, 1776.

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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

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America’s National Public Radio (NPR)faced a public backlash after sharing the famous document in a series of tweets to celebrate Independence Day.

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A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

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It’s an annual NPR tradition to read out the Declaration of Independence line-by-line on-air for the past 29 years, but their tweets were apparently misinterpreted by some.

One Twitter user mistakenly thought the federal funded station was calling for a political revolution against Mr Trump.

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–That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,

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it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,

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“So, NPR is calling for a revolution. Interesting way to condone the violence while trying to sound ‘patriotic’. Your implications are clear,” wrote one.

Continue reading “Declaration of Independence tweets confuse Donald Trump supporters”

Missing the Point?

To the Editor:

I think the 80 or so percent of Trump supporters who still support him and believe what he says miss the point of what the anti-Trump people are seeing. We see a sexual predator, perpetual liar, racist, arrested adolescent and crying man/baby. Our moral standards are way too high to support a person like that. We are astonished that a morally and intellectually bankrupt person is our president, put there by people who value ideology, power and party more than country and humanity. We believe in bravery, freedom and facts. The only fake news is what comes out of Trump’s tweets, mouth and the White House press office. I think we can now call it even between Hillary’s e-mails and Donny’s dump of intel into the Russians’ lap when we talk of mishandling of secrets, OK? Donny is a frightened little boy who is in way over his head, and the likes of Erik Paulsen seem to share his fear, depraved morality, greed and religious intolerance. Good luck with that in the next election.

Greg Oasheim, Minnetonka
Star Tribune, May 18, 2017

Trump Takes a Gamble in Cutting Programs His Base Relies On

The following article by Michael D. Shear was posted on the New York Times website March 16, 2017:

Copies of President Trump’s budget at the Government Publishing Office bookstore in Washington on Thursday. Credit Shawn Thew/European Pressphoto Agency

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s proposal on Thursday for deep cuts to the budgets of a broad part of the federal bureaucracy was billed as a tough-minded and necessary corrective to the growth of the government’s power. But even members of his own party questioned some of the cuts — and what was not being cut.

The harshest criticism of Mr. Trump’s budget came from Democrats and liberal organizations. But in a city where many federal programs enjoy longstanding bipartisan support, some Republicans also assailed the president’s judgment.

“While we have a responsibility to reduce our federal deficit, I am disappointed that many of the reductions and eliminations proposed in the president’s skinny budget are draconian, careless and counterproductive,” said Representative Harold Rogers, Republican of Kentucky and a former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. “We will certainly review this budget proposal, but Congress ultimately has the power of the purse.” Continue reading “Trump Takes a Gamble in Cutting Programs His Base Relies On”

Americans — especially but not exclusively Trump voters — believe crazy, wrong things

The following article by Catherine Rampell was posted on the Washington Post website December 28, 2016:

Many Americans believe a lot of dumb, crazy, destructive, provably wrong stuff. Lately this is especially (though not exclusively) true of Donald Trump voters, according to a new survey.

The survey, from the Economist/YouGov, was conducted in mid-December, and it finds that willingness to believe a given conspiracy theory is (surprise!) strongly related to whether that conspiracy theory supports one’s political preferences. Continue reading “Americans — especially but not exclusively Trump voters — believe crazy, wrong things”