Nobody really wants that stupid wall
by digby
Morning consult: President Donald Trump has spent much of the past month saying it’s imperative that Congress helps him build his proposed border wall with Mexico. But as lawmakers searched for a deal with the White House to avert a partial government shutdown, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows voters place wall funding at the bottom of a list of 10 actions they say should be a top priority for Congress.
Even Republicans don’t have it as their highest priority.
Most voters (53 percent) also said Trump did not do enough to avoid the shutdown, including 52 percent of independents and 22 percent of Republicans.
It’s not working for him:
Days into a partial government shutdown triggered by President Donald Trump’s demand for increased funding for his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, a new Morning Consult survey finds voters as bearish as ever on the president’s job performance.
In the Dec. 21-23 poll, which began surveying registered voters two hours before some government agencies shut down amid an impasse over wall funding, 39 percent of registered voters — including 80 percent of Republicans — approved of the president’s job performance, while 56 percent — including 90 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents — did not.
He doesn’t believe the polls and won’t take the advice of other Republicans in the congress. He’s watching Fox and listening to Ann Coulter and Mark Meadows. He’s backed himself into a corner and it’s very difficult to see how he’s going to get out of it.
I can’t see the end game.
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