Poll: Republicans Think Obama Is A Greater Threat Than Putin, Assad

United States President Barack Obama meets with the Council of the Great City Schools Leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss eff... United States President Barack Obama meets with the Council of the Great City Schools Leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss efforts to strengthen educational opportunities for students in city schools. Credit: Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP Photo by: Olivier Douliery/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS
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Republicans believe that President Obama poses a greater imminent threat to the United States than Russian President Vladimir Putin or Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.

When asked which individuals, countries, and organizations posed an imminent threat to the U.S., 34 percent of Republicans said that Obama was an imminent threat, while just 25 percent said Putin was an imminent threat and 23 percent said Assad was an imminent threat.

Republicans also said they saw Democrats as a threat. Twenty-seven percent of Republicans said that the Democratic party was a an imminent threat to the U.S., and 22 percent of Democrats said they felt the Republican party was an imminent threat to the U.S.

Reuters/Ipsos surveyed 2,809 Americans, including 1,083 Democrats and 1,059 Republicans, online March 16-24 with a margin of error plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

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  1. Thank you Republicans for destroying the Presidency through hate, disrespect and fear.

  2. 34 percent of Republicans said that Obama was an imminent threat

    FOX News watchers, every single one I betcha.

  3. And don’t the Republicans have a man-crush on Putin anyway? I’m not sure about Assad, has he acted manly enough to stiffen their lil’ weiners?

  4. Count me as one of the 22% of Democrats. As far as I’m concerned, the national GOPers are determined, I say determined, to take us to war–anywhere at any time for any reason.

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