What I don't get is how is Trump going to change minds on the wall? He's been making his case for 3.5 years now… and consistently voters have been against it.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) January 7, 2019
He’s not trying to ‘change minds’, of course; he’s trying to prop up his shrinking base. And his Repub enablers are here for it!
Need a second source, but my early reporting suggests that "New York" (sp?) is also part of the United States. https://t.co/uPjM20Hb3r
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 7, 2019
Normal people, not so much:
This new class of Dems is really great. https://t.co/ZB1JMZHqUS
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 6, 2019
Important to remember: Dems gained forty House seats in an election that Trump was trying to turn into a border referendum, sending troops and everything.
The new Dems have zero fear about how the “border crisis” plays. https://t.co/FmXWXpWH83
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 7, 2019
No recent public polling on this, but reminder that a December @QuinnipiacPoll showed that attaching the shutdown to the wall made an already unpopular policy (43% support/54% oppose) even less popular (34% support/62% oppose): pic.twitter.com/2SaDyj2WZb
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) January 7, 2019
Never. The only times he’s moved up in polls is when he’s been relatively silent, or when he doesn’t make natural disasters worse
Now, what about Repub Senators? Can he persuade them to join him on a suicide mission? Or will they finally persuade _him_ to do what he needs to do? https://t.co/boraKdzEau
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 7, 2019
Ominous foreshadowing music…
Israel Channel 10 cuts away in the middle of Netanyahu's "dramatic announcement" once it becomes clear he's just complaining about minutiae of the investigations against him.
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) January 7, 2019
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