Trump Voters-Republicans Overall Actually Don't Care If the President Shoots Someone on Fifth Avenue

[Stuart G]

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-voters-republicans-overall-actually-dont-care-president-shoots-someone-638462



Its horrifying thought: A man walks down to Fifth Avenue in Manhattan—a bustling street full of New Yorkers and tourists alike—and fires a round at a passer-by.

But in the eyes of many American voters, as long as the shooter was President Donald Trump, that act would be just fine. At least that's what the findings indicate in a new poll released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling, a company that does polling for public surveys as well as for Democratic candidates.

The survey results hark back to a now-infamous claim Trump made on the campaign trail last January, when he raised his hand like a gun and said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and his supporters would still love him.

Public Policy Polling put that claim to the test, and it mostly held up. Forty-five percent of Trump voters said they would approve of the president shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, while just 29 percent disapproved. Twenty-six percent, somehow, were unsure about their thoughts about whether it would be OK for Trump to shoot a random person on the street.

Pretty predictably, 90 percent of Hillary Clinton voters said they disapproved of the president shooting someone. But, perhaps surprisingly, 17 percent of those who voted for Independent candidate Gary Johnson approved of Trump shooting someone, according to Public Policy Polling.

More Republicans (which presumably includes some #NeverTrumpers) approved of Trump shooting someone than disapproved. Forty-two percent approved, 34 percent disapproved, and 25 percent weren't sure.

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What the hell???

[onecaliberal]

1. we need a poll saying we are okay with it, only if it's one of them.

These Fucking people are American ISIS

[Stuart G]

2. Thank You...that is an excellent way to put it...

American ISIS...that is it....my hat is off to you....

[onecaliberal]

8. It really is what they are. Simply calling a spade, a spade.

[theaocp]

9. It's a fucking disease

Americanisis. We're fucked.

[mountain grammy]

3. Aha! but what if he shot a fetus!

[underpants]

4. They want to watch

They are a brutally violent an ignorant section of the population

[Stuart G]

6. Almost half of Republicans, according to the poll belong to that section...

Forty-five percent of Trump voters said they would approve of the president shooting someone on Fifth Avenue

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The story gives no reason for shooting, or excuses.. Just "shoot the person on 5th Avenue"..

Those people who approve are sick !!!

[Grammy23]

5. So their responses, to me, just bring more questions that need to be asked.

Like, in what scenario is it ok for tRump to shoot someone on 5th Avenue?

Is tRump the only one you deem worthy of this privilege?

What should happen to others who shoot people on 5th Avenue?

I think we could learn A LOT about the mindset of those who believe it would be ok for tRump to shoot anyone on 5th Avenue without suffering any loss of support. Frankly, it is frightening to think these people are allowed to walk amongst us AND they vote.

[TeamPooka]

7. I'll bet he chooses Chris Christie. nt