Americans, including Republicans, want the Congress and Judges to set boundaries for 78 year, felon, Donald Trump as President…..
We ARE ALL waiting for the other shoe to drop on a guy who lives in a Alternate Universe and is ill serviced by TONS of wingnuts who think they can run a government for 330 Million people like commercial business…
Donald Trump DOES NOT have a mandate to tear up the American Government…
“Whatever that is, we need to embrace it,” Rep. Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) said recently. “All of it. Every single word.”
But that’s clearly not what the American people want. And as notably, it doesn’t even appear to be what Republicans want.
New polling shows that Americans writ large and most Republicans want a check on Trump — even as an extraordinary percentage of the GOP aligns with Nehls’s sentiment.
The polls show Trump is benefiting from a bit of a honeymoon. Americans say they approve of his presidential transition so far, and a majority are at least somewhat optimistic about the four years ahead. They even lean in favor of some of his controversial Cabinet picks (except Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from consideration for attorney general last week).
But that doesn’t mean they want Congress or even congressional Republicans to just bow to Trump’s will.
A CBS News-YouGov poll this weekend, for instance, shows three-quarters of Americans disagree with Trump’s claim that he should be able to appoint leaders of government agencies without Senate hearings or approval. And a majority of Republicans say the Senate should hold hearings and vote on whether to confirm those leaders.
Crucially, the poll asked this question two different ways. One question noted to half of its sample that the Constitution gives the Senate the power of advice and consent — that the Senate is constitutionally charged with confirming or rejecting a nominee. The question asked to the other half did not provide that background.
But the verdict was basically the same, regardless of how the question was asked. While 75 percent disagreed that Trump should be able to unilaterally appoint people when the Constitution was invoked, 76 percent disagreed when it was not. Republican opposition was at 53 percent when the Constitution was invoked and 55 percent when it was not.
But it also appears that Americans — and even Republicans — want Congress to stand up to Trump when they disagree….
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