Poll: Republicans Approve of Trump's Family Separation Policy

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Nearly every day, voters have been confronted with heart wrenching stories about immigrant children being separated from their parents upon crossing the border into the United States.

The president incorrectly blames his administration’s policy on Democrats, but regardless of his attempt to pass the responsibility, self-identified Republicans have his back, according to a new Ipsos poll done exclusively for The Daily Beast.

The poll of roughly 1,000 adults aged 18 and over, and conducted June 14-15, asked respondents if they agreed with the following statement: “It is appropriate to separate undocumented immigrant parents from their children when they cross the border in order to discourage others from crossing the border illegally.”

Of those surveyed, 27 percent of the overall respondents agreed with it, while 56% disagreed with the statement. Yet, Republicans leaned slightly more in favor, with 46% agreeing with the statement and 32 percent disagreeing. Meanwhile, 14 percent of Democrats surveyed supported it and only 29% of Independents were in favor.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/poll-republicans-approve-of-trumps-family-separation-policy

[Civic Justice]

1. The mixed up American's.... tells us why Decency is Declining.

[SHRED]

2. Stupid, heartless, selfish, ...I could go on.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the party of family values.

Its so wonderful to see how closely they adhere to those Christian principles they wish to impose on others.

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[Freethinker65]

4. Nothing says family values like tearing families apart because they are seeking asylum

[Thrill]

6. If Trump as done nothing else. He's exposed that Party

As the racist we’ve always known they were.

[hibbing]

8. Yep, it's the racism

They are emboldened, even in this day and age with everything being filmed. See the woman yelling at the 14 year old as just one of many examples.



Peace

[empedocles]

7. Lil hope for some Republicon sanity

ABC/Wapo, April 17 2018 poll, said 68% of Republicans and Independents support tougher sanctions against Russia.

[While Republican favorability for Putin has increased greatly with trump support, the old and varying numbers are still low. WH supporters will point to meeting with Putin is ok].