The Biggest Myth About Trump’s Base (And Why Many Believe It)

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. To judge by recent accounts, Donald Trump’s intervention in Venezuela has imperiled his standing among his own supporters. Traditional-media outlets have warned of a MAGA schism, as have some high-profile right-wing influencers. “President Trump seized control of the Republican Party on an anti-interventionist ‘America First’ platform,” The New York Times reported on January 4, but his removal of Venezuela’s leader “threatened to open a new rift within the political movement he has built.”…

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Poll: Majority of Republicans believe FBI is acting as Biden’s ‘personal Gestapo’

More than half of Republican voters believe the FBI is acting as President Biden’s personal secret state police, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Rasmussen Reports survey showed that 61% of likely Republican voters believe the FBI is acting as Mr. Biden’s “Gestapo,” a term for the secret police … The Washington Times stories: White House

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Poll: Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot – NBC News

Poll: Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot  NBC News Commentary: Trump’s grip on US Republicans is still growing  CNA Majority of Republicans buy false claims of US Capitol riot: Poll  Al Jazeera English ‘Dangerous spin’: Half of Republicans believe Capitol riot was plot to make Trump look bad  Sydney Morning Herald View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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Bernstein: More Republicans beginning to believe Trump ‘unfit to be the president’ | TheHill – The Hill

Bernstein: More Republicans beginning to believe Trump ‘unfit to be the president’ | TheHill  The Hill Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein said Sunday that Republicans are coming to a “much greater consensus” that President Trump is unfit to be president … “us republicans” – Google News

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