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Poll: 42%-42% To Impeach President Trump; 1-10 Republicans Feel He Will Not Complete 4 Years
President Wants Pardon
Power For Family, Friends
And Himself; Upset With
The Republican Party
According to a USA Today/iMediaEthics poll taken recently, Americans are split down the middle, 42%- 42%, over whether President Trump should be removed from office.
While no serious effort is now underway in Congress to impeach Trump, the results underscore how quickly politi- cal passions have become in- flamed both for and against the outsider candidate who won last year's campaign in a sur- prise.
A third of those surveyed say they would be upset if Trump is impeached; an equal third say they would be
Those findings, designed to measure the intensity of opin- ion, also show a perfect divide, 34%-34%.
The online poll of 1,330 adults, taken July 17-19 by SurveyUSA, has a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points.
Americans are braced for turmoil ahead.
Nearly half, 46%, say Trump isn't likely to complete his first term, for whatever rea- son. Only about one in four, 27%, express confidence he'll serve all four years of his term. Even one in 10 Republi- cans doubt he'll finish his tenure.
President Trump's
lawyers are allegedly looking into the president's authority to grant pardons in connec- tion with the special counsel investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Pres. Trump himself has talked to advisers about his ability to pardon his aides, family members and himself in the investigations, accord- ing to the Post, though one adviser cautioned that the president's inquiries were made in curiosity, rather than in connection to the Russia probes.
Trump's lawyers are also looking at ways to undercut or limit the special counsel in- vestigation into possible col- lusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
That includes putting to- gether a list of special counsel Robert Mueller's poten- tial conflicts of interest, which could potentially be cited by an attorney general to fire Mueller.
President Trump has been on a rampage since taking of- fice 6 months ago. Now he is looking for a way to get himself and family members out of trouble if necessary. And he is mad with his fellow Republi- cans.
President Tweets He Is Upset With His Party
President Donald Trump fired off a new attack on members of his own party Sunday, complaining on Twitter that Republicans don’t “protect” him.
Trump’s comment came shortly after a complaint about the investigation into the Russia scandal, which he once again labeled a “witch hunt.”
Response from the presi- dent’s critics was swift.
Donald Trump has been the center of BAD News his entire 6 months in office. From his off-the-chain tweets, FAKE NEWS allegations, and Russia, Americans are split. It’s no se- cret where the line is drawn on the 42% who think he is doing a good job.
upset if he's not.
Pissed Off Leader Of Senate Planning To Begin Push For Obamacare Repeal Act
Press Secretary Spicer Resigns After President Trump Names New
Thirty-two million people will not have health coverage; health insurance premiums would double, and the insur- ance market would destabi- lize over the next 10 years under legislation that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mc- Connell plans to take up this week, according to a report the Congressional Budget Of- fice published last week.
This isn’t the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the meas- ure to repeal and “replace” the Affordable Care Act that McConnell (R-Ky.) had to let die last Monday because it lacked enough support to pass ― and that President Donald Trump and some Republican senators are try- ing to revive.
Instead, McConnell said he plans to bring up legislation bluntly entitled the Oba- macare Repeal Reconcilia- tion Act, which is based on a bill Congress passed in 2015 and that President Barack Obama vetoed last year.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a big hit last week after the plan he and 11 other Senators conjured up behind closed doors did not make it to the Senate floor be- cause it did not have enough votes. Now he is attempting to save face.
The Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act, elimi- nates: the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits for private insurance funding for its Medicaid expansion; the in- dividual mandate that most Americans obtain health cov- erage or face tax penalties; the mandate that large em- ployers offer health benefits to workers, and the taxes on wealthy people and health care corporations.
Communications Director
The topsy-turvy Trump White House witnessed its most notable shake-up on Friday —- and insiders say more departures could be coming.
White House press secre- tary Sean Spicer resigned abruptly after Trump made Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and fre- quent TV surrogate for the president, communications director.
The move was not just a humiliating rebuke to Spicer. It was also a broader defeat for the pro-GOP estab- lishment faction in the White House, of which Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is the most prominent representative.
One former Trump cam-
Sean Spicer is out. Anthony Scaramucci is in.
paign adviser said that while the Scaramucci appoint- ment was a surprise, change had been expected.
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