Mr Trump saw a 13 percent growth in support since October with 35 per cent of those surveyed – his highest share yet, a poll from CBS and The New York Times published Thursday showed. That’s more than double the support of his nearest competitors, Senator Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.
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Executive board members who attended a closed-door meeting to cast their votes said that Trump’s comments had come up briefly in their discussion. Some would say the most consistent thing about Trump’s policies and politics is his strategy of remaining the focus of media attention, by whatever means necessary. “I also did it because I’m in the midst of a powerful campaign that’s going very well”. “Because it’s open season on police officers”, Flynn said before the vote. That is not who we are. “And many, many other Americans feel the same way”, it reads in part. As the Washington Post ” s Dave Weigel witnessed firsthand this week while watching a focus group of current and former Trump supporters, attacks on the current GOP front-runner simply seem to make his fans rally around him even more. “Police forces throughout the country have had a hard time, a lot of people killed”. “The job they do and the job all you in this room do is second to none, and everyone in our country knows that”. As President, I will work with Muslim representatives to determine a solution to eradicate the terrorism that has plagued the credibility of the Muslim community. I see nearly a tank in some cases pull up. We can’t let this go.
But among Republicans, only 16 percent find him insulting; 37 percent believe he’s raising important issues despite his language; and 40 percent say he’s telling it like it is.
Asked about by Reuters about the headline change, Gunnell said the email was “not meant toward Trump so we edited the headline”. You’ve gone too far. “Because people are saying, you know, Trump is right”.
Donald Trump may have caused a storm with his recent call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, but outrage appears to have been limited to journalists, pundits and politicians.
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This is the second national poll in the last week to show Trump’s support in the mid-30s.
