Poll: Voters say Mueller ouster would be inappropriate

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By STEVEN SHEPARD 07/26/2017 06:12 AM EDT

By a more than two-to-one margin, voters say it would be inappropriate for President Donald Trump to fire special counsel Robert Mueller over his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

Nearly half of voters, 48 percent, say it would be wrong to remove Mueller, compared to only 22 percent who say it would be appropriate for the Trump administration to dismiss Mueller.

There is a huge gap in partisan perceptions: Democrats say overwhelmingly that firing Mueller would be inappropriate, 67 percent to 11 percent. Independents also tilt heavily against firing Mueller, 47 percent to 19 percent. But Republicans say, 37 percent to 29 percent, that it would be appropriate.

"Forty-eight percent of voters say it would be inappropriate for President Trump to fire Robert Mueller," said Morning Consult Co-founder and Chief Research Officer Kyle Dropp. "As a comparison, 34 percent of voters thought Trump's decision to fire Comey was inappropriate, according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult survey from May."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/26/mueller-counsel-ouster-trump-240962

[Honeycombe8]

1. "Inappropriate"? Now THAT'S an understatement. That's how far shocking behavior has gotten.

Now it's not shocking or a crisis. It's merely "inappropriate."

[Ford_Prefect]

2. It seems the GOP has told legislators that they will be protected in future elections.

They do not fear public response to their choices or to two scoops' madness. Key members have been assured that the election and voting results will be controlled as in 2016. Some may have been given the offer they cannot refuse...Some certainly believe that this is the only moment they have to prepare for the Dominion...Some imagine themselves incapable of being wrong.

It seems that the more likely an action is to generate public disapproval among voters in general the more likely it is that the GOP leadership is going to push it forward.

Bannon is playing out a darker vision than Rod Serling ever dreamed of.

[Loubee]

3. which is why GOP is trying so hard to keep said voters away from the polls

[Scalded Nun]

4. Does anyone really think Trump gives a shit about 'inappropriate' behavior?

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

9. Trump can pretty much be relied upon to take the most inappropriate action in any situation. n/t

[geek tragedy]

5. Republiicans are drooling authoritarian trash nt

[byronius]

6. '37 percent to 29 percent said hitting themselves in the head with a hammer is a good idea.'

I wonder what the last Weimar Republic polls said.

[Justice]

7. Inappropriate? Trump says, hold my drink....

[maxsolomon]

8. Trump responds: what are you gonna do about it?

Nothing. that's what I thought.

He's going to do it, with nary a justification other than "Dems made it up", and he'll get away with it.