I had a talk with couple I see every month or so…
We talk politics….
They know I do a blog and the conversation this time turned to the impeachment show….
They couldn’t understand why Republicans support Trump with all the revelations of wrong doing playing out on TV and in the media….
With a smile….
I explained simply….
‘Trump is doing exactly what he was elected to do’….
And Republican lawmakers want to keep their jobs…
The president’s approval ratings have remained largely static throughout controversies — about 40 percent overall, but 80 to 90 percent of Republican voters approve of the job he’s doing — and indications are that impeachment is no different.
A CNN poll taken as the hearings were wrapping up last week found 10 percent of Republicans saying Trump should be impeached and removed from office while 89 percent of Republicans approved of the job he’s doing.
There’s a reason Trump has commanded such loyalty, said pollster Glen Bolger. He’s a singular politician, and voters chose him precisely because of who he is.
“When you talk to grass-roots Republicans, they will say: ‘Look, we are not happy with everything he’s doing. He tweets too much.’ But they say, ‘We are glad we have somebody who fights.’ … Republicans looked up at him and said, ‘He’s the anti-McCain, he’s the anti-Romney, and he’s just what we need.”
“Outside of D.C., everybody has basically made up their mind on Trump,” said strategist Doug Heye. “There are persuadable people, but it’s a pretty small number. On the Republican side they are all in. Period.”
Against that backdrop, it would be extremely risky for Republicans to acknowledge wrongdoing by Trump, much less that he should be impeached, said Matt Green, who studies Congress and polarization at Catholic University.
“If you’re a Republican in a conservative district,” he said, “it’s politically very risky to endorse impeachment. You’re going to have a lot of angry voters and a primary challenger.”….
image…Supporters of President Trump in New York in November. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)