Nearly half of Americans would blame President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans in the event of a government shutdown, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday, as the hours ticked until such a shutdown would occur.
Forty-eight percent of respondents to the Washington Post-ABC News poll said Trump and congressional Republicans are mainly responsible for a possible government shutdown, compared to 28 percent who mainly blamed Democrats and 18 percent who said both parties are responsible.
If Congress doesn’t pass a spending measure — even one that funds the government for only a handful of days — on Friday, the government will shut down, leaving federal employees without paychecks until the problem is resolved, in addition to a slew of other ramifications.
Democrats, and some Republicans, have refused to vote for a funding bill that doesn’t include legal protections for young undocumented immigrants.
The Washington Post-ABC News poll shows similar results as one from Quinnipiac University released Thursday, in which 34 percent of respondents said they would blame Democrats for a shutdown, compared to 32 percent who would blame Republicans in Congress and 21 percent who would blame Trump (53 percent would blame Republicans, in other words).
The cell phone and landline ABC-WaPo poll of 1,005 adults was conducted by Abt Associates from Jan. 15-18 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, according to the Washington Post.
Nearly half?
Who are the remaining nearly more than half blaming?
Obama?
Crooked Hillary?
The heartbreak of Psoriasis?
I think 53% is over half, so the headline should be “Over Half Would Blame Trump, Republicans For Gov’t Shutdown.” Of course, in the other poll 48% pin the shutdown on Republicans alone, 28% blame Democrats and 18% blame both parties.
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hey Turtle - SUCK IT BRAH!
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Nearly half? That is hardly a surprise. Why would they blame Democrats?
What was I reading yesterday about the Democratic spine stiffening?
“Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., cautioned Thursday that “people die, accidents happen” when the government shuts down, as it is poised to partially shut down Friday night if Congress doesn’t pass a government spending bill. It was her second shift in position on the bill in just one day.”
So now he’s invited Schumer to the White House to discuss how to avert the shutdown.
I hope Schumer doesn’t help him in any way shape or form. The Democrats have this big fat fish to fry first and foremost and he’d better help do it.
But we’ll see.