05/03/2018 New Trump Approval Rating Poll Finds Americans Want White House Chaos To End After Midterms

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New Trump Approval Rating Poll Finds

Americans Want White House Chaos To End
After Midterms

A new poll finds that the only politicians with lower approval ratings than Donald
Trump are Republicans in Congress. Republicans are in trouble come midterms.

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It’s been another week of chaos and upheaval for the

Trump White House, and a new poll finds that Americans
are tired of it. USA Today reports that Americans are
dissatisfied with the chaos rampant within the ranks of the
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Beswick current leadership in both the executive and legislative
branches. Donald Trump’s approval ratings continue to
suffer, but so do the approval ratings for Republicans in
Congress. This new poll finds that Americans queried
want a new Congress that will confront the president and
nip it all in the bud.

Trump senior adviser Hope Hicks resigned this week.

Rumors swirled that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would
be fired or resign. Many damaging stories regarding the
president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have emerged that
hint he may be a subject of special counsel’s Trump Russia
probe.

And Trump, well, he took to Twitter.

American voters are angry, and even Trump voters are

angry. They want it to stop.

The new USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds that

voters want members of Congress, of either party, to stand
up to the president and not simply cooperate with him.
Eight in ten Democrats say that the country is on the

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That’s a fifteen-point difference. But Republicans in

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The constant chaos is not just putting Trump’s political

future at risk, it is also putting the Republican party at
risk. With a 15-point gap between parties on who
Americans would vote for today, Republicans are in
trouble, at least in the House of Representatives.

Further, they don’t appear to be taking the steps necessary

to alleviate the concerns of Americans. Chaos is not just
rampant at the White House, it’s also rampant on Capitol
Hill. One voter told pollsters this week she was worried
about a lot of things, including that she feels Trump is
taking actions to support white supremacy.

“
“I’m concerned about a lot more than my 401 (k) here. It seems
like every action he takes is to benefit large corporations or
white men and white supremacy. I’m nervous for my kids’ safety
in school. I’m nervous for my neighbors’ safety. I’m concerned
about the safety and well-being of everyone in our country.”

Congress is not speaking out on actions Donald Trump

takes that lead voters to these concerns. That could mean
unemployment for them after midterms.

When it is time for midterms later this year, Democrats

will need to flip 24 seats, which is attainable if these recent
poll numbers accurately reflect the sentiment of American
voters today. David Wasserman, an analyst for the Cook
Political Report, says a 15-point gap between parties
means “that’s a Democratic House, without a doubt.”

The Senate is a different story, with 26 Democratic seats

on the ticket and only eight Republican seats. But it is not
unattainable.

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Trump protesters stand along a motorcade carrying President Donald

Trump and first lady Melania Trump board as they head to Palm Beach
International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, March 3,
2018 to travel to Washington.
Andrew Harnik / AP Images

Americans polled this week want to see Congress doing

more things to stand up to the president. They want a
Congress that will schedule hearings properly, stay on top
of the current investigations in Congress, and issue
subpoenas. The current Congress is not doing much of
that, with some Republicans even hinting the Russia
probe in Congress may be drawing to a close.

That is not what Americans want, at least according to this

new poll. Not only are Americans unhappy with Donald
Trump, but 75 percent polled across both parties say they
disapprove of the current Congress.

Trump’s approval rating is dismal with Gallup, at 39

percent approval today, with 56 percent disapproving. But
Congressional Republicans have an even worse approval
rating than Donald Trump, with a 27 percent favorable
approval in this recent poll. Sixty percent disapprove of
the current Congress.

News this week out of the White House and hearings in

Congress may not help Republican approval ratings.
Former Communications Director for the White House,
Hope Hicks, testified in Congress last week and resigned
from the White House this week. Washington Post reports
it was leaked that during her testimony to Congress, Hope
Hicks refused to answer some questions as if she was able
to invoke executive privilege or plead the fifth
amendment.

This is a privilege that only the president himself can

invoke in a congressional hearing. Hope Hicks did
anyway. Nobody has said or done anything about that.

This is just one example of the lack of action in Congress

that many Americans have a very big problem with.

Hope Hicks refused to answer any questions related to

matters that occurred after Donald Trump was sworn into

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office. The Washington Post noted the following on the

subject.

“
“A self-respecting legislative branch would not allow executive-
branch witnesses to so easily evade basic questioning, particularly
when it concerns matters as important as the Russia investigation.”

A former Trump strategist was reportedly equally

uncooperative in his testimony to Congress. Congress has
done nothing about that either. The new USA Today poll
reveals that Americans want their representatives to hold
people accountable for such acts.

Hope Hicks was also reportedly an ally of Jared Kushner

in the White House, reports the Hill. Her departure may
not be well favored by Jared Kushner, who is now in the
center of some of the White House chaos.

This week, Jared Kushner’s security clearance was

downgraded, and many questions remain about how
honest he was about foreign connections on his security
clearance application. Further, NBC News reported this
week that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating
whether or not any executive branch policy was driven by
business connections held by Jared Kushner.

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All of these matters are having an impact on Trump’s

approval rating. As such it will remain difficult for him to
get things done until these matters are resolved. If these
recent poll numbers accurately reflect American sentiment
at the voter box, shutting down the Russia probe in
Congress is not going to be good for Donald Trump. Nor

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would it favor House Republicans who have lower

approval ratings than Donald Trump.

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