.MaddowBlog: GOP voters acknowledge, dismiss Pres. Trump’s law-breaking, according to new polling.
As his Senate impeachment trial continues, Donald Trump would probably like to have the kind of broad public support Bill Clinton had during his impeachment trial, but he clearly does not.
Roughly half of U.S. adults say the outcome of the Senate trial should be Trump’s removal from office, while 46% say the result should lead to Trump remaining in office. Or as the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent put it, “A solid majority of Republicans who say Trump has probably done illegal things say he should remain in office.”
For these GOP voters, the president’s violations of the law simply aren’t a deal-breaker. Their approval of Trump is detached from their assumptions about Trump’s illegalities.
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